You need to walk for a wiile from the nearest train station. A very old shrine with a good history.
This is a lovely little shrine by the tram lines, easily accessible from Zoshigaya station. I visited to collect a Goshuin (御朱印) red stamp, which comes decorated with a small 'sakura tram' image, for my book. Otori shrine is one of four (I believe) shrines along the Toden Arakawa tram line that bear this special element on their stamp, so I'm trying to collect them in sequence. The stamp calligraphy was beautiful done at only ¥500, the attendant at the desk was polite and he kindly gave me a free face mask, even though I was already wearing one! There's a large amount of construction work in the area (running parallel to the tram lines right outside the front gate, possibly for a new train line), but I believe that when this is completed it won't ruin the atmosphere of the shrine which appears to have embraced it's location as a sort of rail-side shrine. Trains running through neighbourhoods in Tokyo never fail to add to the local bustle of the area.
Beautiful little shrine. Sometimes you have a market there where locals sell some really beautiful handcraft...
A Shrine that looks fairly new compared to others, but nice to visit & enjoy nonetheless.
