In Tokyo there are a few famous temples: Sensō-ji(浅草寺), Gokoku-ji(護国寺) and Kan'ei-ji(寛永寺).
Sensō-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant one. It is formerly associated with the Tendai sect, it became independent after World War II. Adjacent to the temple is a Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Shrine.
Gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Bunkyō, Tokyo. It was established by the mother of the Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. In 1873, Emperor Meiji declared Gokoku-ji the Imperial mausoleum and several of his children are buried there, as well as Emperor Meiji himself, so itis a temple with a long history. It remains the Imperial mausoleum today. Gokoku-ji is famous as the central temple that oversees the practice of Japanese tea ceremony in all the country's temples.
Kan'ei-ji was founded in 1625 by Tenkai. It was destroyed in the closing days of the war that put an end to the Tokugawa shogunate. Named after the Kan'ei era during which it was erected, this great complex used to occupy the entire heights north and east of Shinobazu Pond and the plains where Ueno Station now stands, and it used to have immense wealth, power and prestige, and it consisted of over 30 buildings. The temple was destroyed during World War II and the Boshin War's Battle of Ueno, and the present one is just a reconstruction.
Gokoku-ji
Sensō-ji
