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#Knowing history #Kitain area #famous architecture

Kitain

It is a famous temple of the Tendai sect founded by Jikaku Daishi in 830 (Tencho 7), and is officially called Hoshinoyama Mugenjuji Kitain.Edo Period

Intermediate Court

Located just south of Kitain, it is officially called the Tendai sect special Motoyama Naka-in, and is a temple with a quiet appearance.In the old days, Mt. Hoshino

Senba Toshogu

Speaking of Toshogu, Nikko Toshogu, which enshrines Ieyasu Tokugawa, is famous, but Senba Toshogu is one of the three major Toshogu in Japan, and is on the south side of Kitain.

Hie Shrine

It is said that it was built in the 830th year of the Tencho period (XNUMX) by soliciting it as a guardian from the early days of Kitain.Also in Akasaka, Tokyo

Nagashima family residence (former samurai residence)

At the samurai residence of the Kawagoe feudal lord doctor in the late Edo period, which remains in Sankubocho (formerly Minamikubocho), which was a samurai town near Kawagoe Castle South Otemon.

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