Sogenji

Sogenji is a Buddhist temple in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. Sogenji is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Renjo-ji, as well as near Eishoji.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Higashi-Ueno, Taitō-ku
Also known as: “Sōgen-ji” and “Sōgen-ji Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inarichō Station and Tokyo National Museum.

Inarichō Station

Railway stop

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Inarichō Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is numbered "G-17".

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 northwest of Sogenji.

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 680 metres northwest of Sogenji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ueno and Nishi Asakusa.

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.