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The Tokyo Japan Temple (formerly the Tokyo Temple) (東京神殿, Tōkyō Shinden) is the 20th constructed and 18th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in Minato, Tokyo , Japan , and dedicated in 1980, it was the first temple built in Asia .
The temple was founded as a Sōtō Zen temple first built in the Marunouchi area of Tokyo in 1588. It changed location several times, moving to Yushima Tenman-gū because of the Edo Castle expansion in 1591. Finally in 1657 the Great fire of Meireki burned down most of the temple and it was moved to the current area in Matsugaya. [1]
The shrine was built in the early Meiji period [3]: 89 by Jingu-kyo [4] so people in Tokyo could worship the deities enshrined at Grand Shrine of Ise from afar. Back then it was originally called Hibiya Daijingu. [2] In 1901, a wedding took place at the shrine, being the first Shinto wedding held in an urban area. [5]: 286
On the Verge of Destruction 1992.1.7 Tokyo Dome Live (also known as Visual Shock Vol. 4) is a live VHS/LD released by X Japan on November 1, 1992. It contains the band's performance at the Tokyo Dome on January 7, 1992, the last with Taiji Sawada on bass.
A temple patron arrival center was added to an adjacent existing meetinghouse. [14] The temple was dedicated on November 12, 2023, by Gary E. Stevenson. [15] The temple is the church's first to be built in Okinawa and the fourth in Japan, following the Tokyo (1980), Fukuoka (2000), and Sapporo (2016) temples. [14]
Tokyo Branch of Kōyasan Kongōbu-ji temple Sanmon gate. Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山東京別院, Kōyasan Tōkyō Betsuin, "Kōyasan Tokyo Branch Temple") is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. [1] It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image ...
The Hōzōmon (宝蔵門, "Treasure-House Gate") is the inner of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Sensō-ji (the outer being the Kaminarimon) in Asakusa, Tokyo. A two-story gate , the Hōzōmon's second story houses many of the Sensō-ji's treasures. The first story houses two statues, three lanterns and two large sandals.
Tokyo has enacted a measure to cut greenhouse gases. Governor Shintaro Ishihara created Japan's first emissions cap system, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emission by a total of 25% by 2020 from the 2000 level. [87] Tokyo is an example of an urban heat island, and the phenomenon is especially serious in its special wards.