Myōhō-ji Temple

Myōhō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. Myōhō-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Myoen-ji Temple, as well as near Ryogenji Temple.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Yanaka, Taitō-ku
Also known as: “Myōhō-ji”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and Myoen-ji Temple.

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 1 km southeast of Myōhō-ji Temple.

Myoen-ji Temple

Buddhist temple

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Myoen-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple.

Daimyo Clock Museum

Museum

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The Daimyo Clock Museum is a small community-run museum in Yanaka 2-chōme, Tokyo. The museum was established in 1972 to display Japanese clocks from the Edo period collected by Sakujiro Kamiguchi. Daimyo Clock Museum is situated 180 metres south of Myōhō-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yanaka and Nezu.

Yanaka

Quarter

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Yanaka is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, Japan and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.