Kifukuji

Kifukuji is a Buddhist temple in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Kifukuji is situated nearby to Wadatsumi no Koe Museum, as well as near the wayside shrine Fukukari Inari Shrine.

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Gate and University of Tokyo General Library.

Red Gate

Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 150 metres southeast of Kifukuji.

University of Tokyo General Library

Library

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University of Tokyo General Library is situated 160 metres east of Kifukuji.

Fujinomori Inari Jinja

Shinto shrine

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Fujinomori Inari Jinja is a Shinto shrine.

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.