Sensoji Temple
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Sensoji Temple, the symbol of Asakusa, is the oldest temple in Tokyo. It is said that in 628 of the Asuka era, the brot...
hers of the fishermen in this area, Hinokumano hamanari, takenari worshiped the statue of St.Kannon who was netted while fishing in the Sumida river. Orijinally the Tendai sect, it independent in 1925, and became the headquarters of the St.Kannon sect. In 645, Shoukai Jojin built a temple and made the principal Buddha a secret Buddha. A Buddha statue created by Ennin who is a monk of Enryaku-ji Temple in the Heian period and opened the mountain such as Chuson-ji Temple is laid in place of a secret Buddha, Maedachi Kannon. The main hall has been burned down by repeated fires since its construction, and the current one was rebuilt in 1958. Although the building is made of concrete and the roof tiles are made of titanium and modern, it is overwhelmed by the majestic construction as you step in there. There is an eight-story palace in the center of the inner camp, the upper row contains the statue of the main shrine Kannon, and the lower row contains the statue of Kannon that was dedicated by Tokugawa Ieyasu and Iemitsu, etc. One thing you must not miss is the ceiling painting In the center of the ceiling painting, a Japanese painter from the Meiji era, Ryuunozu, drawn by Kawabata Ryusi, and on the left and right are Tenjinnozu drawn by Domoto Insyou, watching the people who visited the worship.
