Sensō-ji in video games
Tokyo's oldest temple appears in the samurai Edo of Rise of the Ronin and the modern Tokyo of Persona 5. Sensō-ji appears in 2 games on Pixel Pilgrimage: Rise of the Ronin and Persona 5 Royal (as Asakusa).
In real lifeThe games
In gameRise of the Ronin2024Sensoji TempleReal place, still recognisableSensoji Temple is one of the landmarks you can photograph in Edo's Asakusa district in Rise of the Ronin. The game's picture frames the temple's great outer gate, which it calls the Furaijinmon, the gate of the wind…Game vs real photo 
In gamePersona 5 Royal2019AsakusaReal place, reimaginedThe temple shopping street in old Tokyo that Joker can visit with his Confidants, lined with stalls and paper lanterns.Game vs real photo
The real place
Sensō-ji is Tokyo's oldest temple, founded in 628. Its Kaminarimon, or Thunder Gate, guards the start of Nakamise-dōri, with the wind god Fūjin and thunder god Raijin on either side of a giant red lantern. The gate burned in 1865, during the very years of the game, and the one standing today was rebuilt in 1960 with money from Panasonic founder Kōnosuke Matsushita.
Visiting
Come before 8 am to photograph the gate without the crowds, then walk the shops of Nakamise-dōri to the main hall. The temple grounds are open around the clock, and the buildings are beautifully lit after dark.
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