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At a walk distance from the hotel, here is the Zojo-ji temple.
Zojoji Temple was built in the year 1393, and was moved to its present location in 1598. It is the main temple of the Buddhist Jodo sect in the Kanto area.
03.Tokyo.Tower * 2182 x 3390 * (603KB)

04.Tokyo.Tower * It would probably fit better into an airport. * 2249 x 3372 * (1.18MB)

05.Atago.Green.Hills.Mori.Tower * 1752 x 2628 * (666KB)
 
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08.Zojoji.Gate * Zojoji's main gate is called Sangedatsumon. It was constructed in 1605 in a contemporary Chinese Tang Dynasty style. * 2628 x 1752 * (1.89MB)

09.Zojoji * After Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Edo in 1590, the Zojoji Temple became the Tokugawa family temple. A mausoleum of the Tokugawa family can be found on the temple grounds, and the crest of the Tokugawa family still decorates the temple buildings. * 3283 x 2211 * (1.24MB)

10.Zojoji * 2628 x 1516 * (843KB)
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