by Gail Nakada
At Tokyo’s Atago Shrine in central Minato Ward, the steps to career success are just that -- steps. Lots and lots of them, climbing almost vertically from the street to the shrine 26 meters away atop Atago Hill.
Though this rise is named Otoko Zaka, literally “Man Hill,” the steps themselves are known as the Shussei no Ishiden, or “Stone Steps to Success,” and there’s a very practical reason for their current significance.
Atago was built in 1603 by order of super shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose legacy lasted centuries. It was the highest point in the old city and also served as a fire lookout.
The horse took 45 minutes to skitter back down again. Can't say we blame him.Legend says that a young 17th-century samurai rode his horse straight up that impossible incline to deliver a beautiful plum-blossom branch to the shogun.
Samurai were touchy-feely about things like flowers when they weren't slicing and dicing each other and the odd peasant, you see.
read moreSource: http://rss.cnngo.com/~r/cnngo/~3/Rcos8PWhU7E/fast-track-top-tokyos-success-shrine-335273
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