Senso-ji Temple (Asakusa)
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"Tokyo's oldest temple, its thundering red gate, and the shopping street leading to it"
Senso-ji Temple (Asakusa), Tokyo Overview
Founded in 645 AD, Senso-ji is Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple and one of the most visited religious sites in the world, drawing over 30 million visitors a year. It is dedicated to Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion. The approach runs through the massive Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) with its giant red lantern, along the 250-metre Nakamise-dori shopping street lined with roughly 72 stalls selling souvenirs and traditional snacks, before reaching the Hozomon Gate and the main hall itself.
Senso-ji sits in Asakusa, Taito Ward, and centers on a legend of two fishermen brothers who found a Kannon statue in the Sumida River in 628 AD. The current main hall, Hozomon Gate, and five-story pagoda are 20th-century reconstructions built after the original structures burned in the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo; the roofs use titanium tiles designed to echo the historic look. Visitors pass under the Kaminarimon's huge paper lantern, walk the Nakamise-dori arcade of small shops, and can draw fortune slips (omikuji) in the courtyard. The adjoining Asakusa Shrine and the wider Asakusa entertainment district make it a full half-day stop.
