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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 .
On October 27, 1980, the Tokyo Japan Temple (formerly the Tokyo Temple) (東京神殿, Tōkyō Shinden) was dedicated. This was the first LDS temple in Asia and the first in a non-Christian country. Church president, Spencer W. Kimball, described it as "the most significant and important event in the history of Asia". [84]
Daikyō-ji (題経寺), popularly known as Shibamata Taishakuten (柴又帝釈天), is a Nichiren-shū Buddhist temple in the Shibamata neighbourhood of Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1629, the main image is of Taishakuten. [1]
The Musashi Kokubun-ji (武蔵国分寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan, belonging to the Shingon-shu Buzan-ha sect. It claims to be the successor to the original Nara period provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Musashi Province which fell into ruins sometime in the Kamakura period.
The seated wooden statue of Tokugawa enshrined there has been designated an Important Cultural Property by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. [ 1 ] Located inside Shiba Park , just beside the Buddhist temple Zōjō-ji , an important Jōdo-shū temple and popular attraction, and close to Tokyo Tower , Shiba Tōshō-gū can be included in the ...
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 ...
Metropolitan Seraphim (Tsujie) of All Japan and Archbishop of Tokyo. The Holy Resurrection Cathedral ( 復活大聖堂 , fukkatsu daiseidō , Russian : Токийский собор Воскресения ) , also known as Nikorai-do ( ニコライ堂 , nikorai-dō ) , is the main cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church , located in Chiyoda ...
The foundation of Jindai-ji goes back many centuries. In the context of esoteric Buddhism (Japanese: 密教, romanized: Mikkyō), the name of the temple refers to the saint of water, Jinja Daiō (深沙大王). According to the temple tradition, the daughter of Sato Osaukon (郷長右近) fell in love with a man named Fukuman (福満) in the area.