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Kifuku-ji Temple

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Kifuku-ji Temple is a Soto Zen temple in Tokyo with historical connections and notable graves.

Kifuku-ji Temple
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What it is

  • It is a Soto Zen temple.
  • Hojo Soun rested here in 1506.
  • Originally a Tendai sect temple.
  • Revived by Kokuden Kantatsu during the Kanei era.

What to see

  • Grave of Sato Koro.
  • Grave of Kubota Mantaro.

When to go

  • Tokugawa shoguns visited for falconry.

Getting there

  • 7-minute walk from Hongo-sanchome Station Exit 3.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

東京都文京区本郷5-29-13 Open in Google Maps

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