7 Culture Juban-Inari Shrine Eitetsu Terakado The Juban-Inari Shrine is near Tokyo Metro's Azabu-Juban Station. There is a frog statue that is popular among locals and esp...
10 Culture Hieta Shrine Eitetsu Terakado Hieta Shrine in Kamata is a peaceful place less than 10 minutes from Kamata Station.
10 Culture Kiyomizu Kannon-do Sher Ying Wee This temple houses the Senju Kannon (Thousand Armed Kannon), and Kosodate Kannon, who is visited by ladies who wish to for ch...
12 Culture Tokyo's Zojo-ji Temple in Spring Larry Knipfing I like to go back to my favorite temples a few times a year so that I can enjoy how they change with the seasons. Zojo-ji is ...
9 Culture Take A Walk In Yanesen Tokyo Joe Peters The Yanesen area of Tokyo, Taito-Ku & Bunkyo-ku not far from Ueno is a wonderful area for a day's outing with family or frien...
9 Culture Zojo-ji Brian Wood-Koiwa Zojo-ji was once the family temple of the Tokugawa Shoguns during the Edo period (1603-1868). Today, Tokyo Tower rises majest...
13 Culture Yoyogi Hachiman Shrine George Popescu Dedicated to the god Hachiman, the god of war, this shrine has been recreated to mark the place where people lived 4,500 year...
15 Culture The Temples and Shrines of Kasai Peter Sidell Close to Kasai station in eastern Tokyo, a cluster of around ten temples makes for a pleasant place to stroll around, with a ...
12 Culture Senso-ji Temple at Asakusa Yoshiko Toyama Senso-ji is one of the oldest temples in Tokyo. Since the beginning of the Edo era, many people come here. The New Year's hol...
8 Culture Introduction to Senso-ji Faye Close Sensoji Temple, built in the 7th century, is a Buddhist temple adorned in history and a modern-day Asakusa landmark.