Small shrine in Ueno Onshi Park, English explanatory text is extensive

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旅行時期：2021/08（約4年前）

by Cyberさん（男性）

上野・御徒町クチコミ：22件

上野恩賜公園内にある神社です。上野恩賜公園は休日を中心に多くの人で賑わいますが、年末年始や『ぼたん苑』で開催される牡丹祭りを除いて、比較的この神社界隈は静かで、人の往来もそれほど多くありません。黄金に輝く拝殿が特徴的ですが、不思議と派手な印象はなく、ただそこに鎮座するだけ、という存在感が印象的です。
常時人が立ち入られる場所は鳥居から拝殿に至るまでの参道のみで、しかもその参道も100m程度であるため、参拝や境内散策そのものは10分程度で済みます。『ぼたん苑』も牡丹が咲く時期のみ開かれており、それ以外の時期は立ち入ることが出来ません。
海外からの観光客も多く訪れるからか、全ての案内や情報には英語が併記されています。中には英語のみの案内もあります。

The shrine is located in Ueno Onshi Park. Ueno Onshi Park is crowded with people mainly on holidays, but except for the year-end and New Year holidays and the Peony Festival held at Botan-en, the area around the shrine is relatively quiet and there are not many people coming and going. The golden hall of worship is a distinctive feature of the shrine, but strangely enough, it doesn't give off an ostentatious impression; it just sits there.
The only area that is always open to visitors is the approach from the torii gate to the main shrine building, which is only about 100 meters long, so it only takes about 10 minutes to visit the shrine and walk around the grounds. The Botan-en is also open only when the peonies are in bloom, and is closed to visitors during the rest of the year.
Perhaps because of the large number of foreign visitors, all the information is written in Japanese and English. Some of the information is only available in English.