Asakusa Jinja

Taito, Tokyo Prefecture

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Asakusa Shrine, or Sanja-sama, is a Shinto shrine in Asakusa, Tokyo. Built in 1649 by shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, it honors the founders of Sensō-ji Temple: the Hinokuma brothers and village headman Haji no Matsuchi. Surviving the 1945 Tokyo air raids, it is an Important Cultural Property and hosts

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