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A Nichiren temple of the Genna era on the Shirokane heights, enshrining Fukurokuju of the Minato Ward Seven Lucky Gods — early spring plum blossoms and New Year pilgrimages define its calendar

A shrine in the Azabu-juban shopping street where the famous 'frog stone' that survived a fire brings luck — 'kaeru' means both 'return safely' and 'money returns' — one of the Minato Ward Seven Lucky Gods sites

A Nichiren temple of the Keicho era in quiet Shirokanedai, enshrining Fukurokuju of the Minato Seven Lucky Gods — its Nichiren Oe-shiki lantern procession illuminates the Shirogane streets every autumn

An early Edo Shingon temple beside Tokyo Tower at Akabanebashi — goma fire rites and the Shikoku 88-temple sand pilgrimage keep esoteric Buddhist devotion alive in central Minato Ward

A Nichiren temple founded in 1299, celebrated as the funerary temple of the Genroku ukiyo-e pioneer Hanabusa Itcho — his Tokyo Metropolitan Historic Site grave and the 1781 main hall still stand in Takanawa

An Inari shrine in cosmopolitan Hiroo whose ink-painted 'Bokuryuzu' ceiling dragon is a Minato Ward cultural asset — its quiet shitamachi atmosphere endures amid the embassy district

Founded in 1597, this Nichiren temple near Gotanda was consolidated by shogunal policy in 1687 and still observes the winter-solstice Star Festival for purifying misfortunes each year.

The Tokyo branch of Eiheiji (Soto Zen's head temple), whose cascading hydrangeas in June have earned it the nickname 'Tokyo's Ajisai-dera' in the heart of Nishiazabu