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2. Sainen-ji (Shinjuku) - Wikipedia

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   Sainen-ji (西念寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Jōdo-shū sect, located in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, Japan.It is known as the temple founded by Hattori Hanzō, a famous samurai of the Sengoku Period who served Tokugawa Ieyasu.

3. Sensō-ji - Wikipedia

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   Sensō-ji (浅草寺 [sẽ̞ꜜɰ̃so̞ːʑi] ⓘ, Sensō-ji, officially Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺), also known as Asakusa Kannon (浅草観音)), is an ancient Buddhist temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest-established temple, and one of its most significant. It is dedicated to Kannon, the bodhisattva of ...

4. Asakusa Shrine - Wikipedia

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   Asakusa Shrine (浅草神社, Asakusa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Sanja-sama (Shrine of the Three gods), it is one of the most famous Shinto shrines in the city. [3] The shrine honors the three men who founded the neighboring Sensō-ji.

5. Meiji Shrine - Wikipedia

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   This area is covered by an evergreen forest that consists of 120,000 trees of 365 different species, which were donated by people from all parts of Japan when the shrine was established. The forest is visited by many as a recreation and relaxation area in the center of Tokyo. [2] The entrance to the shrine complex leads through the Jingu Bashi ...

6. Asakusa - Wikipedia

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   The Kaminarimon, with its giant chōchin, the outer gate of Sensō-ji temple Sensō-ji at night Aerial view of Asakusa. Asakusa (浅草, Japanese: ⓘ) is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is known for the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon.

7. Zōjō-ji - Wikipedia

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   Zōjō-ji is notable for its relationship with the Tokugawa clan, the rulers of Japan during the Edo period, with six of the Tokugawa shōguns being buried in the Taitoku-in Mausoleum in the temple grounds. Also, the temple's Sangedatsumon (main gate) is the oldest wooden building in Tokyo, dating from 1622. The original buildings, temples ...