An ancient Nichiren temple standing in the Nishi-Shinjuku office district. Located just beside 'Eye of Shinjuku' (by Robert Indiana), it occupies a distinctive setting surrounded by skyscrapers. The weeping cherry tree in the precincts — also called 'Koishikawa no Sakura' — draws cherry-blossom viewers in spring. Known for progressive modern temple management as a Nichiren missionary base, activel…
Joenji is a Nichiren Buddhist temple whose exact founding date is not clearly documented, though temple tradition holds that it was established in the early Edo period at or near its present site. According to temple lore, the temple had a connection with Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo shog…
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