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Tenkai's temple guarding Edo's demon gate — burial site of six Tokugawa shoguns on Ueno hill

Tokyo's oldest temple — the Kannon sanctuary of Kaminarimon and Nakamise

Founded in 651 — the dramatic night procession of the 4-ton Sengan Mikoshi is Tokyo's unmissable shitamachi festival

The 'Nikko of Kanto' — Iemitsu's gold-leaf karamon gate is a National Important Cultural Property that survived war intact

Guardian of Senso-ji built by shogun Iemitsu, famous for the Sanja Matsuri's hundred mikoshi

Founded in 595, predating Senso-ji — a sanctuary of marital harmony where daikon and purses are offered

Birthplace of the maneki-neko and love-binding shrine where Okita Soji spent his final days

Birthplace of the Tori-no-Ichi market — 800,000 visitors flock each November for lucky kumade rakes

Ancient Ueno shrine where Yamato Takeru enshrined medicine deities — a rare sanctuary of both healing and learning

Shrine of Ono no Takamura and Michizane for scholarship and arts, with a Fuji mound as a National Folk Cultural Property