Must Visit Religious Places in Chiyoda
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Senso-ji
Historic Buddhist temple featuring traditional Japanese architecture and the iconic Kaminarimon gate. It serves as a major cultural and spiritual site with an adjacent vibrant shopping street.
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Yushima Tenmangū
One of Tokyo's many beautiful shrines. This one's history reaches back to the 5th century AD.
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Asakusa Shrine
Also called Sanja-sama, after the three fishermen it is dedicated to, this shrine enjoys lasting popularity among the tourists and locals…
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Zojo-ji temple
This Buddhist temple served as the family shrine to the Tokugawas - one of Japan's most famous families.
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Yasukuni Shrine
Founded in 1869, this Shinto shrine is devoted to those who died in wars in the 19th and 20th century.
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Tsukiji Honganji Temple
This unusual temple sure is an eyecatcher. It is relatively young, having only been built in the 1930s.
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Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine
Built in 1627, this Shinto shrine is dedicated to the most famous shogun of the Tokugawa clan and one of Japan's most prominent…
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Hanazono Jinja Shrine
The Hanazono Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This shrine was founded in the mid-17th century.
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Hie Shrine
Dating back to the 14th century, this picturesque Shinto shrine was destroyed during WWII and reconstructed in the following years.
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Tokyo-daijingu
This Shinto shrine (called Tokyo daijingu by the locals) is wildly popular with the Japanese, who come here to pray for happiness in…
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Kan'ei-ji Temple
Tōeizan Kan'ei-ji Endon-in is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1625 during the Kan'ei era by Tenkai, in an attempt to…
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Benten Temple in Ueno Park
This temple, hidden away at the heart of the Shinobazu pond in the Ueno Park, is dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten - a popular Buddhist…
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Zenkoku-ji Temple
This temple is dedicated to an originally Hindu god - Bishamonten - who became a part of the Buddhist pantheon at some point in history,…
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Designed in a modernist style by Kenzo Tange, this church, opened to the public in 1964, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese in…
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Tennoji Temple
Tennō-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple of Japan, located in Yanaka, Taitō, Tokyo.
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Suitengu Shrine
Suiten-gū, literally "Palace of the Water Deva", or "Palace of Suiten", is a Shinto shrine dedicated to four deities:
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Ekoin Temple
Ekō-in, also known as Honjo Ekō-in, is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Ryōgoku, Tokyo.
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Atago Shrine
The Atago Shrine in Minato, Tokyo, Japan is a Shinto shrine established in 1603 on the order of shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Namiyoke Inari Shrine
Namiyoke Inari Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo.
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Nikolai-do
Holy Resurrection Cathedral, also known as Nikorai-do, in Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the main cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church.
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