Rinnoji Temple

Rinnoji Temple is a garden in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. Rinnoji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Tōeizan Kan’ei-ji Kaisandō (Founder’s Hall of Kan’ei-ji), as well as near the historic building Kuromon (Black Gate).

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and National Museum of Western Art.

Tokyo National Museum

Museum

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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 280 metres northwest of Rinnoji Temple.

National Museum of Western Art

Museum

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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. National Museum of Western Art is situated 250 metres southwest of Rinnoji Temple.

National Museum of Nature and Science

Museum

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The National Museum of Nature and Science is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro. National Museum of Nature and Science is situated 160 metres southwest of Rinnoji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ueno and Ikenohata.

Ueno

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If you want to get a feel for old Tokyo, Ueno in the Taito district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like Ginza, but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.