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EDO TO TOKYO: Festival Spirit Across Time

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area:
Tokyo , Osaka
category:
Cultural Immersion & Activities
Shrines & Temples

Enter the World of the Shoguns at Edo Castle and Kan’ei-ji Temple

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area:
Tokyo
category:
Gardens & Nature
Shrines & Temples
Collage representing the Tokyo area: an ornate golden shrine gate, a red temple structure, and the bustling Tsukiji Market.

Kita-in Temple

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area:
Saitama
category:
Gardens & Nature
Shrines & Temples
The red and black two-story Tahoto pagoda of Kita-in Temple framed by white cherry blossoms in spring.

Menuma Shodenzan (Kangi-in Temple)

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area:
Saitama
category:
Shrines & Temples
Close-up of a highly ornate temple building featuring vivid, detailed carvings, gold accents, and a tiered roof (Gongen-style architecture).

Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple

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area:
Chiba
category:
Shrines & Temples
The temple's Three-Story Pagoda (Sanju no To) in the foreground with the large Great Main Hall in the background.

Temples with Masterpieces by Ishikawa Uncho

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area:
Niigata
category:
Visual & Performing Arts
Shrines & Temples
Intricate, colorful ceiling carving by Ishikawa Uncho in a temple interior, featuring dragons and elaborate cloud motifs above a richly carved altar.

Zenko-ji Temple

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area:
Nagano
category:
Shrines & Temples
A wide view of Zenko-ji's main hall (Hondo), a large, dark wooden building with a sweeping tiled roof, set against a blue sky with white clouds, with manicured pine trees in the courtyard.

Enryaku-ji Temple

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area:
Shiga
category:
Cultural Immersion & Activities
Shrines & Temples
The Konpon Chudo main hall of Enryaku-ji Temple, featuring a large roof and outer corridor structure, surrounded by dense cedar forest.

Todai-ji Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall)

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area:
Nara
category:
Visual & Performing Arts
Shrines & Temples
The massive Daibutsuden hall of Todai-ji Temple under a bright blue sky, with a wide, open plaza in the foreground.

Toeizan Kan’ei-ji Temple & Ueno Toshogu Shrine

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area:
Tokyo
category:
Shrines & Temples
The main hall of Kan'ei-ji Temple in Ueno, Tokyo, featuring a wide tiled roof, surrounded by blooming cherry blossoms in spring, with two large bronze lanterns in the foreground.

Zojoji Temple

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area:
Tokyo
category:
Shrines & Temples
The Hondo (Main Hall) of Zojo-ji Temple, featuring traditional architecture, set against a bright blue sky with the modern Tokyo Tower rising dramatically in the background.

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