A Shingon temple in Kita-Otsuka founded in the Edo period, enshrining Fudo Myoo. Located in a quiet residential neighborhood north of Otsuka Station along the Toden Arakawa tram line, it retains Edo-era stone lanterns and votive tablets that speak to generations of local devotion.

Nanzoin Temple is traditionally said to have been founded around 1680 (Enpo 8), established as a Shingon Buddhist temple in the village of Otsuka in Toshima District during the mid-Edo period. It is recorded as a sub-temple affiliated with Kenchoji Temple. The principal object of worship is Fudo Myo…