Tokyo - Asakusa Kannon Temple

Tokyo - Asakusa Kannon Temple

In a Sunday morning, tourists and local flocks into Asakusa Kannon Temple (Sensoji) grounds, Tokyo's most famous and popular religious place. The legend says that in the year 628, two brothers fished a statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, out of the Sumida River, and even though they put the statue back into the river, it always returned to them. Consequently, Sensoji was built there, being the oldest temple in town.

• Date: 25 June 2005
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Uploaded: 7th Apr 2007
• Location: Japan: gallery
• Tags: people tokyo temples cities
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