浅草寺

Sensō-ji

Tokyo, Japan

Architectural postcard illustration of Sensō-ji temple in Tokyo, Japan
An architectural postcard from the Living Atlas.

Tokyo's oldest temple, founded in 628 AD, entered through the giant-lanterned Kaminarimon gate in Asakusa.

Why Atlas chose this place

Vermilion gates, a five-story pagoda, and fourteen centuries of incense — old Edo surviving inside the megacity.

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