One of Minato Ward's oldest temples, founded by Kukai in 824 — the 750-year-old 'inverted ginkgo' (National Natural Monument), the first American legation site in 1859, and Fukuzawa Yukichi's grave converge in one Azabu precinct
One of the oldest temples in Minato Ward, founded in 824 by Kobo Daishi Kukai as a Shingon training hall. Later, Shinran Shonin visited and it converted to Jodo Shinshu, becoming a base for Shin Buddhism in eastern Japan. In 1859 it became the residence of Townsend Harris, the first American minister to Japan, making it an important site in Japanese-American diplomatic history. The inverted ginkgo…
Zenpukuji is one of the oldest temples in Minato Ward, traditionally said to have been founded in 824 by Kobo Daishi Kukai as a Shingon Buddhist training hall. During the Kamakura period, Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu (Shin Buddhism), is said to have visited the temple and converted it…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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