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The wooden Golden Hall and five-storey pagoda of Hōryū-ji under a blue sky

Japanese Buddhist Temple

A Japanese Buddhist temple is a religious institution and built compound whose layout, images, clergy, and community roles vary by school and period.

Exterior of Eishoji Temple in Higashi-Ueno, Tokyo

Eishoji Temple

Eishoji is a Jodo Buddhist temple in Higashi-Ueno, Tokyo, remembered as the site where Jigoro Kano opened the first Kodokan dojo in 1882.