Registration Date：1915.03.26
Sanedatsumon welcomes New Year's worshippers.
Autumn foliage and the temple gate. Each season, you can enjoy the harmony of the trees in the temple grounds.
Inside Sangedatsumon
Zojoji temple Belfry Hall and Great Bell
Don't miss the graveyard of the Tokugawa Shoguns!
You can also purchase a variety of charms.
New Year's visit to Zojoji temple, where snow still lingers
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Zojoji temple, founded in 1393, is one of the oldest temples in Tokyo, and the Great Hall rising in front of Tokyo Tower is a popular spot for visitors to feel the harmony between the Edo Period and modern times. The temple is one of the oldest temples in Tokyo. Please come and visit. The Sanmon gate will undergo a 10-year renovation starting in 2024. The Sanmon gate will be under renovation for about 10 years starting in 2024. During the renovation period, the Sanmon gate will be unavailable for viewing, so please take a look when you are in the neighborhood.
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Description
The main gate of Zojoji Temple is one of the largest temple gates in eastern Japan. It was originally built in 1611, and then rebuilt in 1622. Zojoji Temple is a Buddhist temple, but it also serves as a place of mourning for the ancestors of the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa family ruled Japan during the Edo Period, which lasted from 1603 to 1867. This period gave Japan the most stable reign it had seen up to that point in its history, and various cultural arts took shape and developed throughout the country. It is said that the population of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) exceeded one million people in the 1700's (by comparison, the population of Paris in the 1800's was about 540,000, and the population of London was about 860,000). The view from the top of this gate looks out over the ocean, and is said to have been quite an impressive vista. The san (three) in "Sangedatsu" represents the "three poisons" of greed, anger, and ignorance, according to Buddhist thought, and gedatsu means "liberation" from the three poisons. This gate is the only structure of Zojoji Temple that still survives from the early Edo Period. Passing through this gate can give visitors the same feeling that worshippers in old Edo had all those years ago.
Cultural property information
【Opening hours】
9:00-17:00
【Closing day】
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【Fee】
Free admission to the precincts
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