Koen-ji Temple

The large flat forehead depicted as "Buddhachosan" hanging in the main hall on the second floor stands out.

Original Text

We will disseminate information about "Koenji" in Nishi Asakusa, Taito-ku. I visited "Koenji" on October 3, 2023. For access to "Koenji", take the ３ exit of "Tawaramachi Station" on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and go straight, and there is "Mr. Donut Asakusa Shop" at the first traffic light, so turn left there. If you go straight for about 30 ｍ, you will find a "Operation Temple" on your left. "Koenji" is a temple of the Shinshu Otani school. Regarding the date of its founding, etc., materials were burned due to repeated fires ...

Concrete main hall

Original Text

I heard that there are many temples around Nishi Asakusa, so I went to visit the temples, but there are many temples around here with a new concrete atmosphere, and Koenji Temple is also It may not be suitable for sightseeing.

Spotlight

Original Text

From the point of view of history, I feel that the temples around here can't be helped even if they become modern buildings in this shape. Walking distance from Taharamachi Station.

Zhenzong Otani School

Original Text

Since there is a annex of Higashi Honganji, there are many Shinshu Otani temples in this area, and this temple is also a temple of the Higashi Honganji school. The building is ２ It is made of concrete with a floor, and it does not look like a so-called temple, but when rebuilding a temple destroyed by the war, it seems that there are many places where it is made of concrete like this. I feel the times.

In the middle of the city

Original Text

Asakusa has a temple with a large temple, and at the same time there are many temples that are empty in the middle of the city. This temple is a concrete temple, and the building felt quite big, but There was no garden at all, and unfortunately there was little to see.