Buddhist Temple
Buddhist Temple
- Address
- 10-5-5 Nishi-Asakusa Taito-ku
- Phone
- 03 3843 9511
- Price
- admission free
Lonely Planet review for Buddhist Temple
To escape the tourist crowds, take time out amid the gleaming gold-leaf columns and screen paintings of this little visited Buddhist temple, headquarters of some 300 temples of the Higashi Hongan-ji sect of Jōdō (Pure Land) Buddhism. The present building dates from 1939 and was the first concrete temple in Japan – a great advantage against Tokyo’s fires. It enshrines the Amida Buddha, and its roof was depicted in one of Hokusai’s ‘36 Views of Mt Fuji’.
