Tokyo Flashback : Meguro Batou Kannon and Dairoku Tensha / 東京フラッシュバック：目黒馬頭観音と第六天社

It was a Wednesday and I had the day off because it was a national holiday. It was National Foundation Day. It commemorates the accession of the mythical Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan in 660BC. My wife worked at a convenience store, so holidays were quite meaningless to her. I decided to go exploring on my own and walked around Meguro and Shibuya.

２０１５年２月１１日は水曜日で祝祭日だった。建国記念日でした。僕はもちろん仕事は休みだったけど、妻はコンビニで働いて、祝祭日はまったく関係ない。一人で街歩きに出かけた。僕が散歩に行ったのは目黒と渋谷。

Meguro Bato Kannon / 目黒馬頭観音

This place had piqued my interest a while back. It's located in Shibuya. There is a staircase going up between a couple of high rise buildings. I was thinking, is there really a shrine somewhere between the really modern buildings.

ここも前から気になってた。モダンで大きな建物の間に階段があって、その上に本当に神社があるのかなと思った。

And the answer was yes! Unlike most shrine grounds, this shrine was located in a large courtyard between two businesslike buildings. 

答えははい！ここは境内というか、建物の広場みたいな感じだ。