Asakusa Sensoji Temple, wonderful enjoy doing Tourists in Tokyo

Tokyo - If there is one temple that must be visited in Tokyo, then that's Asakusa Sensoji Temple. Magnificent buildings and facilities make anyone stunned.

Like 2 years ago when I went to this place, the aura of grandeur Sensoji temple is still exposed to strong since the main gate. Nothing is reduced and always make the eyes vibrate exactly when I return to Sensoji last week.

Late winter leaving bone-chilling air, 8 degrees Celsius. Warm clothes, warm hat and gloves still have not succeeded in making the body more comfortable. Finally, I and a number of other tourists prefer to walk rather rushed hope calories burned makes the body temperature rise.

Ie moved from Kaminarimon gate, which means the Gate of Thunder to the main temple gate called Hozomon. The distance that protrudes from the highway as far as 200 meters makes this trick passable managed to keep warm.

"It is a Buddhist temple. But in Japan, there are two things that become a source of major moral, Buddhism and Shinto, the original teachings of Japan," says Oka, a local guide told us during a visit to the Sensoji Temple, Ashakusa, Tokyo.

Distance to the main building to the temple filled with

souvenir vendors up snack called Nakamise Road Douri. On the left wing and the right is the market that sells various souvenirs and food stalls.

If you are observant, a traveler would find a rental kimono or yukata dress on the sidelines of the store. Many of the travelers who rented the Japanese traditional clothes and wore during at the temples.

The fee was about 7000 yen / 5 hours. So anyone can walk around the city of Tokyo, not only at Sensoji Temple and taking pictures set in kanji or Japanese unique distinctive buildings.

The iconic temple with a giant lantern at the gate was built in the days of Buddhism the 7th century AD.

It is said that the temple was built after two anglers find Kwanon Goddess statue in the Sumida River not far from the temple. Many times the statues were returned to the riverbed, back again to the two anglers. Until the end of two anglers and local residents decided to build a temple named Sensoji in Asakusa neighborhood, not far from the location of the discovery of the statue of the Goddess Kwanon.

Currently, the Sensoji temple guarded by a statue of the god. At the gate of the temple there are two sculptures in the Shinto belief that Fujin and Raijin. Fujin, the wind god, is located on the east side of the gate. While Raijin, the god of Thunder and Lightning on the West side.

Other statues were behind the gate. Tenryu Buddhist god in the east and Dewi Kinryu in the West. Behind this gate also found a giant straw sandals hanging on the wall gate. That said, these sandals are the footwear of the Buddha.

"Today, the temple is still popular in Japan. Even if there is a match which is located in Kyoto," said Oka.

As the main destinations in Tokyo, it would not hurt to spend 2 to 3 hours in the region. Can get around on foot or by rickshaw typical Japanese are still drawn by humans. Then take pictures and be one of the tens of millions of tourists who come to Sensoji each year.

Exciting !