Mt Fuji & Hakone
Day Tour
See this world famous Japanese Icon.
Includes return trip via Shinkansen (bullet train)
Panoramic Tokyo
Day Tour Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Guest House, National Diet Building, Imperial Palace East Garden, Asakusa Temple, Ginza, Tokyo Bay Cruise, Rainbow Bridge & Odaiba.
Cityrama Tokyo
Afternoon Tour Tokyo Tower, National Diet Building, Imperial Palace Plaza,
Asakusa Kannon Temple, Nakamise Shopping Street & Ginza.
Kyoto Highlights
Day Tour from Tokyo
The best of Kyoto in one day.
Kinkakuji Temple - Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Nijo Castle
Heian Shrine
Sanjusangendo Hall
Kyoto Handicraft Center
TSUKIJI HONGAN-JI TEMPLE
Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple (築地本願寺), sometimes
archaically romanized Hongwanji, is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple
located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan.
Tsukiji Honganji's predecessor was the temple of Edo-Asakusa Gobo
(江戸浅草御坊), built in Asakusa in 1617. The
temple burned during a city-wide fire in 1657, and the shogunate
refused to allow it to be rebuilt in Asakusa.
Instead, the temple was moved to a new parcel of land being reclaimed
by the Sumida River—today's Tsukiji. Tsukiji Gobo (築地御坊) stood until
it was levelled by the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923.
The present Tsukiji Honganji was designed by Chuuta Ito of the
University of Tokyo and built between 1931 and 1934. It is noted for
its unique architecture, influenced by temples in South Asia.
Honganji is a pilgrimage destination due to its artifacts of Prince
Shotoku, Shinran Shonin, and Kyonyo Shonin.
The temple is adjacent to Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya
Line.
The wake of Hiroaki Shukuzawa was held there on June 22, 2006.
