To get here the fastest/cheapest way by train, enter your starting location into the
or download a free Japan Travel mobile app to your phone (I use Navitime Japan Travel)
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• Get out at Yushima Station (Chiyoda Line)
• Follow the signs on the platform to the Yushima Shrine exit.
• Follow the map to the long set of steps leading up to the shrine. I think it’s totally worth the climb – this is a truly gorgeous shrine – but if you’ve got knee trouble, you might want to circle around to the entrance from the surface street around the side.
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While you’re in Japan, read a novel set in Tokyo!
Tokyo beyond the guidebooks 