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Unshō-ji Temple

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Unshō-ji Temple is a historic Tōji Shingon temple, relocated to Shibuya in 1921.

Unshō-ji Temple
Beryllium Transistor CC BY-SA 4.0 resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

  • A Tōji Shingon sect temple.
  • Originally named Zaō-ji Temple.
  • Relocated to its current site in 1921.
  • Renamed Unshō-ji Temple at relocation.

What to see

  • Kannon-dō hall, moved from old temple.
  • Temple gate, moved from old temple.
  • Bell modeled after Kōfuku-ji Temple's.
  • Bell made at Tokyo University of the Arts.
  • A gravestone on the temple grounds.

Getting there

  • 5-minute walk from Yoyogi-Uehara Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

東京都渋谷区西原3-31-1 Open in Google Maps

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