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Zen'yo-ji Temple

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Zen'yo-ji Temple is a historic Tendai temple in Tokyo with notable graves.

Zen'yo-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Tendai sect temple.
  • Founded by Jikaku Daishi Ennin.
  • Established during the Tencho era (824-834).
  • Relocated to its current site in 1912.

What to see

  • Enma Dai-o enshrined in the main hall.
  • Grave of potter Ogata Kenzan.
  • Grave of physicist Yuasa Toshiko.
  • Grave of sumo wrestler Dewanohana Kuniichi.

Getting there

  • 7-minute walk from Nishi-Sugamo Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

東京都豊島区西巣鴨4-8-25 Open in Google Maps

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