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    • Tokyo
    • Shrine & TempleShintoism
    • Eddy Murayama

    Beautiful Tomioka-Hachimangu shrine in…

    Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is a beautiful shrine located in Fukagawa, Tokyo, just 3km east of Tokyo Station. Among ma…

    • Tokyo
    • Shrine & TempleShintoism
    • Eddy Murayama

    Historic Meiji-jingu Shrine in a sacre…

    Meiji-jingu shrine is a big Shinto shrine located in Shibuya, Tokyo. The main complex of shrine buildings is surround…

    • Kamakura
    • Shrine & Temple
    • Yoko Yoshida

    Gosho Shrine (YOKO_1409)

    Gosho Shrine, the guardian deity of Zaimokuza, got its name because five shrines of this area were worshipped togethe…

    • Kamakura
    • Shrine & Temple
    • Yoko Yoshida

    Komyoji Temple (YOKO_1408)

    Komyoji temple is one of the most impressive temples in Kamakura. There is a pond that you can see lotus flowers in s…

    • Kamakura
    • Shrine & Temple
    • Yoko Yoshida

    Fudarakuji Temple (YOKO_1410)

    Fudarakuji temple is also called “tornado temple” because it is often hit by tornadoes. Origin of this temple comes f…

    • Kamakura
    • Shrine & Temple
    • Yoko Yoshida

    Yuiwakamiya Shrine (YOKO_1407)

    Yuiwakamiya shrine is the former Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine. It’s a very old and small but very important and histo…

    • Tokyo
    • Shrine & TempleHistory & Religion
    • Yoko Yoshida

    Matsuchiyama Shoden Temple, Very Uniqu…

    Matsuchiyama Syoden Temple is a Buddhist temple in Asakusa. It’s located near Sensoji Temple which is the head temple…

    • Tokyo
    • Shrine & Temple
    • Yoko Yoshida

    Yushima Tenmangu (YOKO_1301)

    Yushima Tenmangu, or Yushima Tenjin is located near Ueno, the central part of Tokyo. It enshrines Sugawara Michizane …

    • Kamakura
    • Shrine & Temple
    • Yoko Yoshida

    Gokurakuji Temple (YOKO_1402)

    The benefits of Gokurakuji are child-rearing and illness recovery. Ninsho who was the founder of the temple developed…