Nezu Shrine

根津神社

An old Tokyo shrine with a red torii tunnel and April azaleas

⚠ Azalea garden: April only

Hours

Grounds open to walk in (closing around dusk, varying by season). Azalea garden roughly 09:30–17:30 during the April festival

Tickets

Grounds free. April azalea garden around ¥500

Address

1-28-9 Nezu, Bunkyo-ku

Little red torii crowd together along a slope into a tunnel, and at the end a few steps lead up to a gilded main hall. It is not a mountain climb like Fushimi Inari in Kyoto; the loop takes five minutes, which is why so few people queue for photos. Behind the shrine a hillside of some 3,000 azaleas bursts out together through April. Leave on the Yanaka side and you walk straight into old shopping streets and back lanes.