Fumonin Shrine

Fumonin Shrine is a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Kanto. Fumonin Shrine is situated nearby to Mitake Shrine, as well as near the Shinto shrine Kameido Tenjin Shrine.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Denomination: Shingon Shu
Description: building in Tokyo, Japan
Also known as: “Fumon-in” and “Fumon-in Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kameido Tenjin Shrine and Tokyo Skytree.

Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Kameido Tenjin Shrine is a Japanese Tenman-gu shrine located in Kameido, Koto Ward, Tokyo. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a 9th-century Japanese scholar. Kameido Tenjin Shrine is situated 170 metres southwest of Fumonin Shrine.

Tokyo Skytree

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Tokyo Skytree, a.k.a Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and reached its full height of 634 metres in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world behind Merdeka 118 and Burj Khalifa. Tokyo Skytree is situated 1¼ km northwest of Fumonin Shrine.

Kameido Station

Railway station

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Kameido Station is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Kameido Station is situated 780 metres southeast of Fumonin Shrine.