Chōyō-ji Temple

What it is

• A Nichiren Buddhist temple founded by the priest Nichizui in 1650
• Commonly known by the name Azabu Kishimojin
• The temple mountain name is officially Jojusan
• The original temple buildings were destroyed by air raids in 1945

What to see

• A statue of Nichiren that survived the wartime fires of 1945
• The Nichiren statue originally brought from the former Himon-ya Hokke-ji temple
• The burial site of the Confucian scholar Takemura Kaisai
• The grave of the scholar Mizushima Bokuya

Getting there

• Located a four-minute walk from Roppongi Station

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.