Sōun-in Temple

Sōun-in Temple is a Buddhist temple in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. Sōun-in Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Tokūn-in Temple, as well as near the park 公徳公園.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Higashi-Ueno, Taitō-ku
Also known as: “Sōun-in”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Taito City Hall and National Museum of Western Art.

Taito City Hall

Town hall

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Taito City Hall is a town hall.

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 540 metres northwest of Sōun-in 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 northwest of Sōun-in Temple.

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.