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Jodo-shu's head temple founded in 1393, designated by Ieyasu as his Edo castle's southwestern guardian — six shoguns are buried here and the 1622 Sangedatsumon triple gate survives as the largest wooden tower gate in eastern Japan

The 'Ise Shrine of Kanto' founded in 1005 — the 11-day 'Daradara Matsuri' (Ginger Festival) is one of Edo's Three Great Festivals; counted among the Ten Shrines of Tokyo before Zojoji's main gate

One of Minato Ward's oldest temples, founded by Kukai in 824 — the 750-year-old 'inverted ginkgo' (National Natural Monument), the first American legation site in 1859, and Fukuzawa Yukichi's grave converge in one Azabu precinct

A Soto Zen temple founded by Ieyasu in 1612 — the graves of the 47 Ako ronin placed here in 1703 have drawn worshippers for over 320 years; the December 14 Gishi-sai gathers 10,000 people annually

A Soto Zen temple founded when Ooka Echizen enshrined Toyokawa Dakini-ten — all Seven Lucky Gods stand in one compound, the thousand-flags vista is stunning, and show-business devotion makes this Akasaka Inari famous

One of the Ten Shrines of Tokyo, relocated by Shogun Yoshimune in 1730 — the original Kyoho-era sanctuary and a 400-year-old ginkgo tree preserve mid-Edo grace in the heart of Akasaka

A Nichiren temple founded in 1631 to enshrine the memorial tablet of Kato Kiyomasa — the 'Seisho-ko' festival each May distributes victory amulets at this Shirokanedai shrine of martial fortune

Founded c. 1004 by Minamoto Yorinobu and relocated to Toranomon by Ota Dokan when building Edo Castle — Shogun Hidetada's wife prayed here for Sekigahara victory over a Jomon-era shell mound Tokyo designated historic site

The main gate built in 1632 by Shogun Iemitsu for his father Hidetada's mausoleum — a National Important Cultural Property since 1930, it miraculously survived the 1945 air raids that destroyed the mausoleum itself

Founded in 1623 by the wife of Tokugawa Tadanaga with a replica of Shinano Zenkoji's sacred image — Edo commoners could earn pilgrimage merit without leaving the city; the Aoyama clan graves that gave the district its name remain here