Place of worship
Sengaku-ji Temple
134 locals recommend,
Location
2-chōme-11-1 Takanawa
Minato City, Tokyo
Tips from locals
Semgakuji is famous temple. Many foreigner tourists arraive this temple.There is graveyard of Akoroushi. He was a brave samurai. So, this temple manages an event for him every year.
Sengakuji is a famous and popular Buddhist temple known throughout Japan.It was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Shogun of Edo era, in 1612 near Edo Castle as an establishment of Dogen’s tradition.
"Sengakuji is a small temple near Shinagawa Station in Tokyo. The temple is famous for its graveyard where the ""47 Ronin"" (also known as Akoroshi, the ""masterless samurai from Ako"") are buried. The story of the 47 loyal ronin remains one of the most popular historical stories in Japan, and many people visit the temple in order to pay respect to the Akoroshi by burning incense sticks (senko) in the graveyard. A small museum commemorating the 47 ronin can also be found at Sengakuji."
"Sengakuji is a small temple near Shinagawa Station in Tokyo. The temple is famous for its graveyard where the ""47 Ronin"" (also known as Akoroshi, the ""masterless samurai from Ako"") are buried. The story of the 47 loyal ronin remains one of the most popular historical stories in Japan, and many…
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