Hosshoji Temple

Hosshoji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Kanto. Hosshoji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Enryū-in Temple, as well as near the sauna 辰巳湯.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Miyoshi, Kōtō-ku
Also known as: “Hosshō-ji” and “Hosshō-ji Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fukagawa Edo Museum and Kiyosumi Garden.

Fukagawa Edo Museum

Museum

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The Fukagawa Edo Museum is a museum of old Edo in the former Fukagawa ward of Tokyo, Japan. It consists of a large, covered, life-size replica of a Tokyo shitamachi neighborhood from around 1840, near the end of the Tokugawa period. Fukagawa Edo Museum is situated 150 metres north of Hosshoji Temple.

Kiyosumi Garden

Park

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Kiyosumi Garden is a traditional Japanese stroll garden located in Fukagawa, Tokyo. It was constructed along classic principles in 1878–85, during the Meiji Period, by the shipping financier and industrialist Iwasaki Yatarō.

Entsuji Temple

Buddhist temple

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Entsuji Temple is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miyoshi and Fukagawa.

Miyoshi

Quarter

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Miyoshi is a quarter.

Fukagawa

Quarter

Fukagawa is a district in Kōtō, Tokyo. It is traditionally part of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo. Formerly, it was a ward of the historical Tokyo City. In 1947, Fukagawa was incorporated into the ward of Kōtō, together with Suginami.