Hoshinji

Hoshinji is a Buddhist temple in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Hoshinji is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Fujinomori Inari Jinja, as well as near Wadatsumi no Koe Museum.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Hongō, Bunkyō-ku
Also known as: “Hōshin-ji” and “Hōshin-ji Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Gate and Fujinomori Inari Jinja.

Red Gate

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Akamon is a historical gate located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. One of two remaining gates of the Edo period daimyō mansions in the city. It was constructed in 1827 in the late Edo period in the residence of the Maeda clan in Edo. Red Gate is situated 110 metres east of Hoshinji.

Fujinomori Inari Jinja

Shinto shrine

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Fujinomori Inari Jinja is a Shinto shrine.

University of Tokyo General Library

Library

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University of Tokyo General Library is situated 200 metres northeast of Hoshinji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hongō and Yayoi.

Hongō

Quarter

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Hongō is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō, due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno.

Yayoi

Quarter

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Yayoi is a neighbourhood in Bunkyo, Tokyo. In 1884, when it was part of Tokyo City, it was the location of a shell mound where a new type of pottery was discovered by Shogoro Tsuboi and his colleagues.