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Senso-ji
Tokyo's Oldest Buddhist Temple
Tokyo's oldest and most visited temple, where a 700-kilogram red lantern marks the entrance to ce...
Gotoku-ji
The Setagaya Temple Where the Beckoning Cat Got Its Start
The Ii family's Edo temple in Setagaya, where shelves of white beckoning cats surround the Shofuk...
Sengaku-ji
Where the 47 Ronin Lie Beside the Lord They Avenged
The Zen temple in Takanawa where the 47 ronin of the Chushingura story are buried beside their lo...
Kan'ei-ji
The Shogun Temple That Lost Most of Its Land to Ueno Park
Founded in 1625 by the monk Tenkai as the 'Hiei of the east', Kan'ei-ji was the Tokugawa family t...
Tsukiji Hongan-ji
An Indian-Style Temple with a Pipe Organ and an 18-Dish Breakfast
A Jodo Shinshu temple whose 1934 main hall, designed by Ito Chuta, looks like ancient Indian Budd...
Zojo-ji
Six Shoguns' Graves Directly Beneath Tokyo Tower
The Tokugawa family temple in Shiba, with Tokyo Tower rising right behind the main hall. The grou...
Jindai-ji
Soba Lunch and an Asuka-Era Bronze Buddha on Tokyo's Western Edge
A temple founded in 733 in wooded Chofu, ringed by soba shops and home to the oldest National Tre...
Ikegami Honmon-ji
Where Nichiren Died, and 300,000 People Come on One October Night
Head temple of the Nichiren school on a hill in Ota Ward, built where Nichiren died in 1282. Free...