Kan'ei-ji

Kan'ei-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple founded in sixteen twenty-five by the monk Tenkai. You can distinguish the site by its historic connection to the Tokugawa shogunate, as it was built to guard the northeastern "demon gate" of Edo Castle, believed to be the direction from which misfortune arrived. The original temple complex was vast, occupying the entire area that is now Ueno Park, and functioned as a primary religious center for the Tokugawa family.