{"id":24588,"date":"2021-05-07T11:49:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T08:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/?p=24588"},"modified":"2023-06-22T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:59:35","slug":"japanese-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/japanese-temples\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo’s temples and temples in Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Meiji Jingu, with its magnificent wooden torii door, is the most popular shrine in the city: this may very well be due to the 100,000 trees surrounding this temple in the center of metropolitan Tokyo. It is impossible not to feel the power and the peace of the forest, with 365 types of trees. The shrine was completed and dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in 1920. Extremely photogenic, the colorful barrels in the shrine\u2019s garden are gifts both from and to the people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Sens\u014d-ji Temple, Tokyo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sens\u014d-ji Temple in Tokyo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The venerable Sens\u014d-ji Temple is a major destination for visitors from all over the world. The extraordinary origin story of this Buddhist temple is a fish tale: two fishermen on the river netted a golden figure rather than a fish. Although they threw the figure back into the water, it kept coming back. Thus, a\u00a0temple<\/a>\u00a0was built on the same site in 628, dedicated to Kannon Bosatsu, the Bodhisattva of compassion. The original structure was destroyed during World War II, but rebuilt. There are also stalls selling local snacks, clothing and souvenirs along the lane leading to the temple near Asakusa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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