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Ancient Shingon temple founded by Gyoki — its 1714 bronze Jizo is the fourth of the Six Jizo of Edo and a Tokyo cultural property

A Shoho-era guardian shrine of Zoshigaya village, adjacent to the cemetery where Natsume Soseki and Takehisa Yumeji rest

A Shingon temple founded around 1624, offering quiet sanctuary along the Togenuki Jizo pilgrimage path in Sugamo

The guardian shrine of Ikebukuro West Exit founded in the Genbun era — a wordplay on 'fukuro' (bag→owl) gave rise to dozens of dedicated stone owls, turning it into a shrine that removes hardship

Koganji founded 1596, famous for its 'Togenuki Jizo' (Splinter-Removing Jizo) — the Enmei Jizo and white-aproned Washing Kannon remain a living expression of shitamachi faith centered on the elderly

A Tokyo Metropolitan cemetery opened in 1874 where Natsume Soseki, Lafcadio Hearn, Nagai Kafu, and John Manjiro lie beneath cherry-lined paths — a pilgrimage site of modern Japanese literature

A 1502 roadside monument at the Nakasendo junction depicted in Edo Meisho Zue, enshrining Sarutahiko the way-guide deity

A Kyoho-era Jodo nembutsu temple enshrining Amida Buddha, its cemetery a chronicle of Sugamo townspeople across the ages

A mid-Edo Soto Zen temple in Otsuka, its grounds adjoining Tenso Shrine as a remnant of the shinbutsu syncretic tradition

An Enpo-era Shingon temple in Otsuka where esoteric Fudo Myoo rituals have long granted healing and protection from evil