In the redevelopment plan, Meiji Jingu and a neighboring venue, the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, which opened in 1947 and was used as a soccer venue during the 1964 Summer Olympics, would be demolished in phases.
The entire project, which includes skyscrapers and a hotel, is scheduled to be completed by 2036.
At that point it will have been just over 100 years since a lineup of M.L.B.
stars played five games at Meiji Jingu during a tour of Japan in 1934.
Ruth put on a show by hitting 13 home runs, five of them in Meiji Jingu.