The project comprises an inner approach to Ueno Toshogu Shrine and a courtyard of prayer centered around a sacred tree over 600 years old. Established in 1627 on the plateau of Ueno, located northeast of Edo Castle (a direction also known as the “Demon’s Gate”), the shrine represents an auspicious direction sealed off to ward against evil for the castle. Ueno Toshogu Shrine enshrines Tokugawa Ieyasu, also known as Tosho Daigongen (“Great Deity of the East Shining Light”). The magnificent shrine is in one of the Shinto architectural styles known as Gongen-zukuri where the main and worship halls are linked. After having miraculously escaped damage from the Battle of Ueno at the end of the Edo period, Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and air strikes during Pacific War, it stands unchanged offering comfort to the visitors. For the planning, we reexamined the flow of traffic for worshippers, which had placed a burden on the roots of the tree, hence designed a sanctuary garden purified with white gravel and a winding approach around the garden. Of the two buildings along the way with shed roofs, one is the Shrine Amulet Place of Conferment in the style of a worship hall, whereas the other is the Meditation Pavilion where the visitors face the sacred tree to purify and bring peace to their minds before entering the shrine.