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A Tensho-era temple whose gate bears bullet holes from fleeing Shogitai warriors after the 1868 Battle of Ueno

A Nichiren temple founded in 1597 and enshrining Bishamonten of the Fukagawa Seven Lucky Gods — Edo-period stone pagodas in the precinct adjacent to Kiyosumi Garden convey the depth of Fukagawa's temple district heritage.

A 1345 Nichiren temple traditionally cited as the origin of the 1657 Great Meireki Fire — the graves of swordmaster Chiba Shusaku and magistrate Toyama Kinshiro draw history fans to Sugamo

Bullet holes from the 1868 Battle of Ueno still scar the main gate — the temple that sheltered the defeated Shogitai

A celebrated Yanaka temple converted from Nichiren to Tendai, famed for Edo-era lotteries and the bronze Yanaka Daibutsu

A Nichiren temple founded in the Kyoho era (1716–36) — a great chinkapin tree over 600 years old (Arakawa Ward Natural Monument) towers in its precinct, and the temple marks a starting point of the Nippori walking route through Hiroshige's depicted temple district.

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

Founded in 1660 as the family temple of the Hyakunin-gumi ashigaru riflemen—the gravestones of Edo-period samurai still stand in the precincts of this Jodo temple in Hyakunincho.