Kanda-myōjin

Kanda Myojin, officially Kanda-jinja, is a Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward with origins going back to the year 730. In the Edo period it was one of the capital's most important shrines, protected by the Tokugawa shoguns and celebrated by samurai and commoners alike. It enshrines three kami, including Taira no Masakado, the rebellious 10th-century warrior whose burial mound in Otemachi is still regarded as a fearsome power spot. The current building was rebuilt in reinforced concrete in 1934 after the wooden predecessor was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. The shrine is famous for the biennial Kanda Matsuri, one of Tokyo's three great festivals, and for its proximity to the Akihabara electronics district, where anime and computer fans come to buy IT protection amulets.