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KAKUON-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
Built in 1218 by Hōjō Yoshitoki. Inside the temple, a work by Cdcult (th ...Read more
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KANTEI-BYO
Temple to visit
Chinese temple dedicated to Guan Yu, the custodian of Chinatown.Read more
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SENGAKU-JI
Temple to visit
This temple founded by Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1612 is best known for the tomb ...Read more
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ZENPUKU-JI
Temple to visit
Temple founded in 824 by Kūkaï. Burned several times and bombed during ...Read more
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NOGI JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This shrine is dedicated to General Nogi, hero of the Russo-Japanese war. ...Read more
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ATAGO JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Built in 1603 to protect the city from fires and disasters, this sanctuary ...Read more
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KANDA MYŌJIN
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This Shinto shrine was founded in 730, in Otemachi, in the Gongen style of ...Read more
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TEMPLE DAIZENJI
Temple to visit
Daizenji Temple, located on a mountainside, belongs to the Shingon school ...Read more
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KASHIMA JINGŪ
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
It is one of the three most important shrines in Kantō. Dedicated to the ...Read more
Kashima
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DAISENJI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
The temple was built and founded by Takeda Nobutora in 1521, with Tenkei ...Read more
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KAI ZENKOJI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
Zenkoji Temple was founded in 1558 by the warlord Shingen Takeda, who ruled ...Read more
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MITSUMINA-JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This shrine in the Chichibu Valley is said to be over 2000 years old. It ...Read more
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CHICHIBU-JINJA SHRINE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
The origins of the shrine date back almost 2000 years. It has undergone ...Read more
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KAWASAKI DAISHI HEIKEN-JI TEMPLE
Religious buildings
It is whispered that this temple was built in 1127 for the purpose of ...Read more
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NARITASAN SHINSHO-JI TEMPLE
Religious buildings
Founded in 940, this temple is dedicated to Fudō Myō-ō, a deity of the ...Read more
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MATSUCHIYAMA SHODEN
Temple to visit
Northeast of Senso-ji, this temple was one of the most picturesque ...Read more
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MITAKE JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Ikebukuro is a bit the owl district, for its many cafes dedicated to this ...Read more
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GRAND BOUDDHA DE KAMAKURA
Temple to visit
Rudyard Kipling wrote that in the Buddha of Kamakura we see the "soul of ...Read more
Kamakura
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HAKONE JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
The torii of the Hakone shrine has its feet in the Ashi lake, the only sign ...Read more
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TOSHO-GU SHRINE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Built in 1617 and restored in 1651, this Shintō shrine was dedicated to ...Read more
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SUGIMOTO-DERA
Temple to visit
This small thatched Buddhist temple is the oldest in Kamakura as it is said ...Read more
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CATHEDRAL OF THE RESURRECTION
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
The Holy Resurrection Cathedral is the seat of the Orthodox Church of ...Read more
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YUSHIMA SEIDO
Temple to visit
This Confucian temple was founded in 1632 by Razan Hayashi, a neo-Confucian ...Read more
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KAN'EI-JI AND JOMYO-IN
Temple to visit
At the northern end of Ueno Park and a stone's throw from the Yanaka ...Read more