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Zenkoku-ji Temple

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Zenkoku-ji Temple is a historic Nichiren temple with unique cultural properties, worth visiting for its statues.

Zenkoku-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Nichiren sect temple.
  • Known as Kagurazaka Bishamonten.
  • Founded in 1595 in Bakurocho.
  • Moved to its current location in 1793.

What to see

  • Principal image is Bishamonten.
  • One of the Edo San Bishamon.
  • One of the Shinjuku Yamanote Shichifukujin.
  • Bishamonten statue is a cultural property.
  • Stone tigers are a folk cultural property.
  • Stone tigers made in the late Edo period.

Getting there

  • 3-minute walk from Ushigome-Kagurazaka Station A3 exit.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

東京都新宿区神楽坂5-36 Open in Google Maps

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