Saikai-ji Temple

What it is

• A Jodo Shu Buddhist temple founded in 1621 by Makino Tadashari and Nenmu Shonin.
• The site is dedicated to the main deity Amida Nyorai.
• It served as the family temple for the Makino and Matsudaira clans.
• The temple housed the first French consulate starting in 1859.

What to see

• A monument marking the former site of the French legation.
• The burial grounds containing the remains of seventeen Matsudaira family heads.
• The 26th site of the Edo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.
• The temple grounds located directly next to Kamezuka Park.

Getting there

• The temple is a 10-minute walk from Mita Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.