Tokyo
Храмы и святилища
Буддийский Сэнсо-дзи и синтоистское святилище Асакуса через стену; рукотворный лес Мэйдзи; Дзодзо-дзи с могилами сёгунов; золочёное Тосёгу; Нэдзу с тоннелем ворот; кошки Готоку-дзи и ронины Сэнгаку-дзи. Три чужих веры тоже здесь: храм с индийским фасадом, православный собор и турецкая мечеть. В действующих храмах — тихо, без флешей, не заходить за канаты.
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Senso-ji Temple
Tokyo’s oldest temple, founded on a legend of two fishermen who netted a statue of Kannon in the Sumida in 628; rebuilt in concrete after 1945.
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Asakusa Shrine
The shrine honors the men connected with Sensoji's founding legend and serves as the spiritual center of the exuberant Sanja Matsuri.
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Zojoji Temple
The Tokugawa family's principal funerary temple tells the story of shogunal power beneath the modern silhouette of Tokyo Tower.
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Nezu Shrine
Its richly decorated 1706 buildings, azalea garden and tunnel of red torii offer one of Tokyo's best-preserved Edo-period shrine settings.
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Ueno Toshogu Shrine
A gilded 1651 shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu that survived the 1868 battle, the 1923 earthquake and the 1945 raids intact.
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Gotokuji Temple
Thousands of white cat figurines recall the legend of a beckoning cat that saved a feudal lord and inspired the maneki-neko tradition.
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Sengakuji Temple
The graves of the forty-seven ronin make this temple the central site for Japan's most famous tale of samurai loyalty and revenge.
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Tsukiji Honganji Temple
Chuta Ito's 1934 temple blends Buddhist functions with an extraordinary facade inspired by ancient Indian architecture.
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Holy Resurrection Cathedral
Completed in 1891 under Saint Nicholas of Japan, the Orthodox cathedral introduced a striking Byzantine dome to the Meiji capital.
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Hanazono Shrine
In the summer of 1967, Juro Kara's Situation Theatre erected its first Red Tent in the shrine precincts, rejecting conventional playhouses for a temporary, carnivalesque stage. The performances made this working shrine one of the foundational locations of Japan's angura theater movement, and Red Tent productions have continued to return.
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Yoshiwara Shrine
This small shrine combines five Inari shrines that once guarded the entrance and corners of the enclosed pleasure quarter; Yoshiwara Benzaiten was later added as a sixth deity. Courtesans prayed here for protection and professional success, making it one of the few surviving institutions shaped by the women of Yoshiwara themselves.
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Ohtori Shrine
The shrine’s November Tori-no-Ichi market prospered partly because of neighboring Yoshiwara; on festival days the quarter reportedly opened an additional gate to the crowds. Hiroshige famously pictured the festival through the barred window of a courtesan’s room, contrasting public celebration outside with enclosure inside.
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Jokanji Temple
Known as the “Throw-In Temple,” Jokanji received the bodies of impoverished or unclaimed Yoshiwara women, including victims of the 1855 Ansei earthquake. Its New Yoshiwara memorial tower embodies the saying that a woman might be born into the “bitter world” and end at Jokanji, making this the quarter’s most sobering surviving place.
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Takao Inari Shrine
This tiny shrine grew from the legend of Takao Dayu, a celebrated Yoshiwara courtesan supposedly murdered aboard a boat after rejecting the lord who purchased her contract. The shrine claims to enshrine a skull associated with her, but historians dispute both the murder story and the relic—making it a striking example of a courtesan becoming the center of an enduring urban ghost legend.
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