Meiji Kinenkan
Meiji Kinenkan is the Meiji Jingu shrine’s own hall, and the building has a claim no hotel can match: the drafting meetings for the Meiji Constitution were held in it in the late 19th century.
Meiji Kinenkan is an estate destination wedding venue in Motoakasaka, Japan, hosting up to 1,000 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about JP¥4,770,000 (our estimate), reached from Tokyo Haneda (HND), ~35 minutes by car.
About Meiji Kinenkan
Meiji Kinenkan is the Meiji Jingu shrine’s own hall, and the building has a claim no hotel can match: the drafting meetings for the Meiji Constitution were held in it in the late 19th century.
Today it runs Shinto weddings at scale.
A ceremony can be held at Hosaiden inside Meiji Shrine itself, or at Gishikiden in the hall, which was rebuilt in June 2021 into a wide modern room where a Shinto rite can be held in kimono or in a Western dress.
The shrine ceremony takes roughly 40 to 60 guests.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
The ceremony
- Religious ceremonies
- Shinto
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About JP¥4,770,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- JP¥3,500,000 to JP¥7,000,000 as a packageAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- HND, 35 min by carAisle estimate
The spaces
- Setting
- Urban, historic, formalAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- Meiji Jingu’s own hall, used for Meiji Constitution drafting meetings
- Shinto ceremony at Hosaiden inside the shrine, or Gishikiden in the hall
- Gishikiden rebuilt June 2021 as a wide modern ceremony room
- Shrine ceremony takes roughly 40 to 60 guests
A sample wedding weekend
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- 18:00Welcome dinner in Akasaka, guests briefed on the Shinto rite
- 09:30Kimono dressing and hair at the hall
- 12:00Shinto ceremony at Hosaiden inside Meiji Shrine
- 13:30Photographs in the shrine forest, then cars back to the hall
- 15:00Banquet, speeches and cake in one of the 19 rooms
- 11:00Farewell lunch, guests walk the shrine grounds again
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- HND · about 35 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Tokyo Haneda.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Meiji Kinenkan hold?+
The shrine ceremony itself takes roughly 40 to 60 people. The reception is a different question: the hall runs 19 banquet rooms, from intimate spaces to Fuji, which holds up to 1,000, so the ceremony is the binding constraint.
Is the ceremony conducted in English?+
No. The website and enquiry forms are in English, but a Shinto rite is performed in Japanese by shrine priests. Overseas couples normally book through a bilingual planner who translates the order of service and briefs the guests beforehand.
Where exactly does the ceremony happen?+
You choose. Hosaiden sits inside the Meiji Shrine grounds, which is the full shrine setting with the forest around it, or Gishikiden in Meiji Kinenkan itself, rebuilt in 2021, where you can hold a Shinto ceremony in Japanese dress or in a Western gown.
What does a wedding here cost?+
Reported figures put full ceremony packages from about 750,000 yen and receptions commonly between 2,000,000 and 5,000,000 yen depending on the guest count and inclusions. Those are planner-reported rather than published by the hall.
Can guests stay on the grounds?+
No, there is no accommodation. Meiji Kinenkan sits in Motoakasaka between Aoyama and Shinjuku, so guests usually stay around Shinjuku or Akasaka and arrive by taxi in ten to fifteen minutes.
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Sources and booking notes
Confirm your dates, guest numbers, room arrangements and inclusions with the venue before booking. An enquiry does not reserve a date. Figures labelled Aisle estimate are modelled from regional rates and public sources; they are not venue quotes.
Sources for individual venue facts
Religious ceremonies: Shinto
“For a Shinto wedding ceremony, you may choose either the "Hosaiden" at Meiji Shrine or the "Gishikiden" at Meiji Kinenkan.”
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