Jitsusooji
📍 Shizuoka, Shizuoka · 12-19 Shimizu-cho, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
Standing amid Shimizu's relative landscape, this temple teaches the profound truth that all opposites are ultimately one. Seeker and source, light and shadow, self and other—here the boundaries dissolve. In understanding relativity's deepest essence, pilgrims touch the absolute that underlies all existence.
Benefits
Comparative wisdomTruth seekingEssence comprehension
