The smallest Toshogu in Japan? Let's go to Funabashi Toshogu Shrine for a stroll through history! Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture

  • Chiba
  • JR East Travel Service Center
You can see the crest of hollyhock, the Tokugawa family crest!
Did you know that there is a Toshogu Shrine in Funabashi? Funabashi Goten Ato" was originally the Funabashi Goten, which was built as a lodging and resting place for Tokugawa Ieyasu when he went hawking in the Togane area, and the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada, also stayed there. Later, when falconry trips of the Shoguns were no longer held in Togane, the Funabashi-Goden was closed down, but was sold to the Funabashi Grand Shrine priest Tomi, and Toshogu Shrine, dedicated to Ieyasu, was built at the center of the Goten site. Because of its size, it is said to be "the smallest Toshogu in Japan. Although it is a small shrine, the "hollyhock crest," which is the Tokugawa family crest, creates a solemn atmosphere! Tokugawa Ieyasu has been the focus of renewed attention in recent years through video works. The "Funabashi Goten Ato (Funabashi Palace Site)" is a place where visitors can trace the footsteps of Ieyasu's visit to Funabashi.
Funabashi Toshogu stands quietly in a residential area. You can feel the historical aspect of the shrine!

The shrine can be seen when you go behind the torii gate. I was surprised to find Toshogu Shrine in a residential area of Funabashi! This historical site is a designated cultural property of Funabashi City. You feel close to the history of the Edo period!

I never thought I would see the three monkeys of "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" in Funabashi!

On the side of the approach, you can see a sculpture of the "three monkeys," "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil," which is also famous at Nikko Toshogu Shrine. It is adorable, isn't it? Why don't you drop by on your way to walk around Funabashi and ponder the unknown aspects of its history?

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