SENGAKUJI - I

Sengakuji is a Buddhist Temple (Soto Zen) close to the Shinagawa Station in Tokyo. It is a small but famous Temple where are located the graves of the Forty-Seven Ronin...　Sengakuji was first built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1612 near the Edo Castle, but its devastation by fire 30 years later lead to a reconstruction in its actual place. It used to be one of the 3 principal Temple of Edo old Tokyo) and considered as a reputed Buddhist institution. The popular tale of the 47 Ronin still touches the Japanese heart, and lots of people flocked there to pray during the last past 300 years.


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