Admission
- Adult (18+)¥400
- Elementary/Junior High (6-14)¥200
At a Glance
The temple's exquisite wood carvings were created over 100 years ago by master artisans competing to donate their finest work, each carved from 20cm thick boards with no two faces alike.
Shibamata Taishakuten is known for intricate wood carvings, one of the temple's signature artistic features.
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Facilities
Pay the 400 yen entrance fee to enter the sculpture gallery and garden behind the main hall. The wood carvings of Lotus Sutra scenes and the Japanese garden are often listed as the temple’s top features.
Visit on weekdays or early mornings if possible, as the temple can get quite crowded on weekends and holidays, especially the three-day holiday periods when the nostalgic shopping street leading to the temple becomes particularly busy.
Look closely at each wood carving panel. Made over 100 years ago by master craftsmen, each panel was carved from 20 cm thick boards with unique faces and lifelike animal figures.
Explore the shopping street (sando) leading to the temple for reasonably priced traditional snacks like dango and senbei that you can enjoy while strolling, offering a nostalgic atmosphere reminiscent of smaller versions of Kamakura or Narita-san.
Look for the preliminary sketches by renowned artist Yokoyama Taikan that are displayed casually within the temple complex, offering insight into the creation process of the magnificent carvings.
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Fascinating facts about this place
The temple's exquisite wood carvings were created over 100 years ago by master artisans competing to donate their finest work, each carved from 20cm thick boards with no two faces alike.
Shibamata Taishakuten is known for intricate wood carvings, one of the temple's signature artistic features.
Renowned artist Yokoyama Taikan created preliminary sketches for some of the temple's carvings, which are casually displayed in the gallery alongside the finished masterpieces.
Shibamata Taishakuten's formal temple name is Daikyo-ji (題経寺), but it is popularly known as Shibamata Taishakuten.
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Katsushika, Tokyo Prefecture
Within 300 m Within 600 m
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