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pagoda
+ Nakamise street + main hall at dawn
The
Sensô-ji located in the heart of Asakusa
district, is the oldest
temple in all of the metropolitan Tôkyô area. According to
some accounts the origin of the temple can be traced back to the year
628 when two local fishermen from a nearby district enshrined a small
statue of kannon, the goddess of mercy,
caught in their fishing net. The
Nakamise shopping
street, lined with shops that have been in business from ancient
times, leads from the "gate
of thunder" - kaminari-mon / see
also fûjin - with its huge red paper
lantern to the main hall hondô.
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