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  🛕 The temple gate and the main hall, which had remained since the Edo period, were completely destroyed by fire during the war, so they were rebuilt in 1949. The beauty of its appearance is said to have been compared to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris by the writer Kafu Nagai in his essay. Soseki Natsume also depicted Denzuin in his novel "Kokoro." The current main hall was rebuilt in 1988, the second time after the war. The main Buddha image is Amitabha Tathagata, and the Holy Kannon with Immeasurable Life is also enshrined. You can go up into the hall and worship. Denzuin, the 12th temple of the Edo Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage, is a temple that many people visit for collecting temple seals (Goshuin). It is located close to subway stations on each line, making it easily accessible, and it also has a parking lot, so you can visit by car. Goshuin can be obtained at the Nokyo-sho (Goshuin office) next to the main hall. There are two types of Goshuin: the main Buddha's G...

 🛕 Located on a hill in Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Denzuin Jukyoji is a Jodo sect temple with the formal name "Muryozan Denzuin Jukyoji". It is the 12th temple of the Edo Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage and is also called "Koishikawa Denzuin". It began in 1415 as a small hermitage called "Muryozan Jukyoji," founded by Ryoyo, the seventh patriarch of the Jodo sect. In 1602, it became the family temple of Ieyasu's birth mother, Odai no Kata, and became a large temple with many temple buildings under the protection of the Tokugawa family, where Kamesmatsu, the second son of the third shogun Iemitsu, was buried. The temple's name, Denzuin, is derived from Odai no Kata's Buddhist name, "Denzuindono." It is located within walking distance of Korakuen Station and close to Tokyo Dome, but it is a quiet space that one would not expect to find in the heart of the city. The address is 3-14-6 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introdu...

 🛕 Every year, from October 11th to 13th, an Oeshiki memorial service is held to commemorate the virtues of Nichiren Shonin, and especially on the night of the 12th, which is the eve of the memorial service, the temple is crowded with 300,000 visitors. Ikegami Honmonji Temple has been preserving the sacred light for over 700 years as a sacred place where Nichiren Shonin passed away, and is also developing various missionary activities as a "hall of missionary work". 1-1-1 Ikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo https://honmonji.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shrine #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #visittokyo

 🛕 Ikegami Honmonji Temple is a sacred site where Nichiren Shonin passed away on October 13, 1282, at the age of 61. Nichiren Shonin left Mount Minobu, where he had lived for nine years, on September 8, 1282, to go to Hitachi no Yu for medical treatment. On the way, he died at the residence of Munenaka Ikegami, the lord of Musashi Province Ikegami (present-day Ikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo). The name Choeizan Honmonji Temple was given by Nichiren Shonin with the prayer that it would prosper long as a dojo of the Hokke Sutra. After Nichiren Shonin's death, Munenaka Ikegami, a great patron of the temple, donated about 70,000 tsubo of temple precincts according to the number of letters in the Hokke Sutra (69,384), and the foundation of the temple was built. Since then, it has been called "Ikegami Honmonji Temple". 1-1-1 Ikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo https://honmonji.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more infor...

 🛕 The current main hall was designed by Dr. Chuta Ito, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo) and an architectural historian.  This was made possible by the meeting of Dr. Ito, who traveled to various Asian countries for architectural research, and Mitsui Otani (the then-head of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect), who formed an expedition to clarify the Buddhist transmission route and traveled the Silk Road. 3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo https://tsukijihongwanji.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shrine #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #visittokyo

 🛕 Tsukiji Honganji Temple, a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect, is located at 3-chome, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.  It is one of the most representative temples in Tokyo and a direct temple of Nishi Honganji in Kyoto.  The main deity is a standing statue of Amitabha Tathagata, said to have been hand-carved by Prince Shotoku. It was founded near Asakusa in 1617, but was destroyed by a great fire called the "Meireki no Taika" in 1657.  The land given by the Edo Shogunate for reconstruction was at the current location, but at that time it was at sea. The name "Tsukiji" comes from the fact that the land was reclaimed and the main hall was built. The main hall was destroyed again in 1923 due to a fire following the Great Kanto Earthquake, but it was rebuilt in 1934 and became the current main hall. 3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo https://tsukijihongwanji.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. ...

 🛕 In the New Year of 1697, there was an order from the shogunate to build a new Kannon-do Hall, and this great construction was completed in about half a year. On August of the same year, a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the temple was held. It is a large structure that is the culmination of architectural craftsmanship of the Genroku era. Its grandeur is admired as one of the best in Tokyo.  Although it has been struck by two major disasters, the earthquake and the war, it has retained its original form and conveys the vestiges of Edo to this day, serving as a place of peace for visitors. When the main hall of Gokokuji Temple was completed in 1682, the Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu, a natural amber statue from China, which was the personal amulet of Keishoin, was enshrined there. It was later kept as a hidden Buddha, and the statue that is currently enshrined there is the six-armed Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu. The statue is said to have been donated by Eiryu-in, the mother of H...

  🛕 Gokokuji Temple was founded in 1681 by the fifth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.  At the request of his mother, Keishoin, he invited the venerable Ryo-ken, head priest of Mt. Osachi Gokoku-ji Temple in Gunma Prefecture, to establish the temple.  He granted the grounds of the Takada Medicinal Garden, which belonged to the shogunate, to build the temple.  The principal image of worship is a natural amber Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu statue, which was a personal amulet of Keishoin.  The temple was named Mt. Shinrei Saijiin Gokoku-ji and was given a temple estate of 300 koku (a measure of rice). Although many of the temple buildings were lost in fires in 1883 and 1926, the Kannon-do Hall has retained its original form since the Genroku era (1688-1704), and the Gekko-den Hall, which was relocated from Mii-dera Temple in Omi, still conveys the architectural beauty of the Momoyama period (1573-1603). Many temple buildings, such as the Yakushi-do Hall, Daishi-do Hall, Tahoto...

 ⛩️ Kishimojin is known as the goddess of fertility and child-rearing and is depicted holding an infant in one hand and a pomegranate in the other. The pomegranate is considered a guardian deity of the Lotus Sutra and is highly valued in the Hokke and Nichiren sects of Buddhism. Because pomegranates have many seeds inside their fruit, they are considered a symbol of prosperity for descendants. In Buddhism, it is called "Kicchouka" (auspicious fruit) and is considered a lucky fruit. According to one theory, after Kishimojin repented, Shakyamuni gave her a pomegranate and said, "If you want to eat humans again, eat this pomegranate instead." 3-15-2 Zoshigaya, Toshima-ku, Tokyo https://www.kishimojin.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Fac...

 ⛩️ This is a shrine dedicated to Kishimojin, the goddess of safe childbirth and childcare. People visit this important cultural property to pray for family safety, protection from evil, and success in academics. It is a place surrounded by rich nature, such as zelkova trees and ginkgo trees, and has been visited by many people since ancient times. The Oeshiki Grand Festival, where the Manto Nerikuyo (a procession with many lanterns) is held, takes place in October, so be sure to visit then. 3-15-2 Zoshigaya, Toshima-ku, Tokyo https://www.kishimojin.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shrine #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #visi...

 🛕 One day, a lord returning from a hawking trip passed by this place and was beckoned by a cat in front of the temple gate, so he decided to stop by. While spending time at the temple, suddenly thunder roared and rain began to fall. The lord was able to avoid the thunderstorm and enjoyed talking with the chief priest, so he was deeply moved by his good fortune. That lord was Ii Naotaka, the lord of the Hikone Domain. Gotokuji Temple was rebuilt in 1633 with the support of Ii Naotaka. After that, at Gotokuji Temple, the cat that brought good fortune was called "Shofuku Neko-ji (beckoning cat)," and the Shofukuden Hall was built to enshrine it. Many worshipers visit the Shofukuden Hall to pray for family safety, business prosperity, and good luck. A statue of Shofuku Kannon Bodhisattva is enshrined in the hall. The Shofuku Neko-ji of Gotokuji Temple does not hold a gold coin and has its right hand raised. The Shofuku Neko-ji invites people and brings "connections," ...

 🛕 In 1633, when Setagaya became the territory of the Hikone Domain, the Ii family, the lords of the Hikone Domain, designated "Kotoku-in," which had been built in 1480, as their Edo family temple. Later, in 1659, the temple's name was changed to Gotokuji after the posthumous Buddhist name of the second lord, Ii Naotaka, "Kyushoinden Gotoku Ten'ei Daikoji," and the temple grounds were developed into a grand scale suitable for a daimyo family cemetery, which continues to this day. It well preserves the form of a daimyo family cemetery from the Edo period and is the largest nationally designated historic site in the surrounding area. 2-24-7 Gotokuji, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo https://gotokuji.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook...

  🛕 This is a Soto Zen Buddhist temple located in Setagaya Ward. It is the Edo family temple of the Ii clan, the lords of the Hikone domain, and houses many cultural properties associated with the Ii family. Despite being in Setagaya Ward, it is located in a lush green area, and a peaceful and quiet time flows here, enough to make you forget the hustle and bustle of the city. The temple grounds are beautiful with seasonal flowers and trees such as plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, peonies,芍薬(Shakuyaku), azaleas, and autumn leaves in late autumn. The rows of pine trees on the mountain path from the stone gate to the main gate, and the deep forest where wild birds fly around are also highlights. 2-24-7 Gotokuji, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo https://gotokuji.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://...

 🛕 The temple grounds have many attractions, such as the imposing main gate and the main hall, both adorned with carvings of the twelve zodiac signs and dragons. A notable feature is the Mizu-arai Jizo (water-washing Jizo), which is said to bring benefits for longevity. There are also many other spots, including the Nyoirindo Hall, said to offer great benefits to women, the Chigo Daishi Sonzo statue for success in academics, the Bentendo Hall for artistic pursuits and maritime safety, and the Shusse Inari shrine for business prosperity and career advancement. Address: 1-15-1 Nishi-arai, Adachi-ku, Tokyo https://www.nishiaraidaishi.or.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #jap...

 🛕 Widely known by its popular name "Nishi Arai Daishi," this temple bustled during the Edo period as a place for women to pray for protection from misfortune. It is counted as one of the three major Kanto Yakuyoke Daishi (temples for warding off evil), along with Kawasaki Daishi in Kanagawa Prefecture and Kōfukuji Temple in Chiba Prefecture. Address: 1-15-1 Nishi-arai, Adachi-ku, Tokyo https://www.nishiaraidaishi.or.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shrine #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #visittokyo

 🛕 The foundation of Soto Zen Buddhism lies in Zazen (seated meditation). It originates from the fact that Buddha practiced Zazen and attained enlightenment. Zen refers to discerning the true nature and state of things and regulating the workings of the mind to respond correctly to them. By sitting, the body is stabilized, and by concentrating the mind, the harmony of body, breath, and mind is achieved. The Zazen of the Soto Zen sect is called "Shikantaza," which means to just sit single-mindedly. Zazen is not a means to achieve some other purpose. The very act of sitting Zazen is the "Buddha's form" and the form of enlightenment. In everyday life, we tend to be swayed by our selfish desires and the surface of things, but in Zazen, it is essential not to be caught up in various thoughts and desires. 2-11-1 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo https://sengakuji.or.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. ...

 🛕 Located in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Sengakuji is a Soto Zen Buddhist temple known as the burial place of the 47 Ronin. It was founded in 1612 by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and after being destroyed by the Great Kanto Fire, it was relocated and rebuilt in its current location. There are two head temples of the Soto Zen sect, one is Eiheiji Temple in Fukui Prefecture, founded by Zen Master Dogen, and the other is Sojiji Temple in Yokohama Tsurumi. 2-11-1 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo https://sengakuji.or.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shrine #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #visittokyo

 🛕 It is also famous as the temple that Tora-san visits in the movie "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" (It's Tough Being a Man), and it is a Nichiren Buddhist temple founded in 1629. The Taishakuten Sando, which was the setting for the movie, has a nostalgic shopping street, so you can enjoy a very nostalgic atmosphere. 7-10-3 Shibamata, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo http://www.taishakuten.or.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shrine #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #visittokyo

 🛕 Shibamata Taishakuten, formally known as Keieizan Daikyoji, is a Nichiren Buddhist temple and one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Shibamata. It is famous as a god with benefits for protection against misfortune and recovery from illness. The nearest station to Shibamata Taishakuten is Shibamata Station on the Keisei Line. The temple grounds are very beautiful, with the Taishakudo Hall, which enshrines a wooden statue of Nichiren Shonin, the Nitenmon Gate made of all zelkova wood, the 150-tsubo Great Guest Hall, and the famous scenic garden Suikeien. 7-10-3 Shibamata, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo http://www.taishakuten.or.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shri...

  ⛩️ It is a 3-minute walk from Anamori Inari Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line and a 5-minute walk from Tenkubashi Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line and Tokyo Monorail, so it is very close to Haneda Airport. It is a shrine that I would like you to stop by. 5-2-7 Haneda, Ota-ku, Tokyo https://anamori.jp/   🇯🇵JAPAN 🛕Introducing amazing temples and shrines in Tokyo⛩️ The main video is available on YouTube. For more information, please check the link in my profile. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tokyolofimusic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/TOKYO-LOFI-MUSIC/61569858926312/ #japan #tokyo #temple #shrine #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #visittokyo

 ⛩️ Anamori Inari Jinja　穴守稲荷神社 It is said that when Suzuki Shinden in Haneda Airport was being reclaimed, a hole opened in the levee, causing a devastating disaster.  Therefore, it was established by the residents as Inari Daimyojin to protect the fields from the hole opened in the levee.  The enshrined deity is "Toyouke-hime-no-mikoto," a goddess in Japanese mythology and the god of food. As an Inari that protects Haneda, it is not only believed to bring good fortune in household safety, business prosperity, and the fulfillment of wishes, but it was also established as the tutelary deity of the entire Haneda Airport area.  Since the Taisho era, the dawn of aviation, it has gathered faith for air safety, and is also popular as a shrine for travel safety and aviation safety. It is a 3-minute walk from Anamori Inari Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line and a 5-minute walk from Tenkubashi Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line and Tokyo Monorail, so it is very close to Haneda Air...

 ⛩️ Ushigome Sochinju Akagi Shrine is said that in 1300, during the reign of Emperor Go-Fushimi, when Ohiko Hikoroku Shigeharu, a powerful clan member of Ohiko at the foot of Mt. Akagi in Gunma Prefecture, moved to Ushigome, he enshrined the divided spirit of Akagi Shrine, which was the tutelary shrine of his home country, which is said to be the origin of the shrine. It is said that the shrine, which was located in Tajima Village in Ushigome Waseda (now Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, the location of the former Akagi Shrine), was moved to Ushigome-dai (near the current Ushigome Mitsuke) in 1460 by Ota Dokan, who respected its divine power, and in 1555, it was moved to its current location by Ohiko Miyauchi Shojo. In 1683, the Tokugawa shogunate added it to the list of Edo Grand Shrines and revered it as the general tutelary shrine of Ushigome. It was called one of the "Three Shrines of Edo" along with "Hie Shrine" and "Kanda Myojin Shrine". During the festivals of ...