Sensoji Temple

In the game

Sensoji 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 and thunder gods, with its huge red lantern hanging between the two guardian statues.

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.

Sensō-ji is also in Persona 5 Royal. See all 2 games side by side

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