Eko-in Temple in Ryogoku - Tokyo - (discrict of Sumo)
Eko-in Temple is in Ryogoku, Sumida ward, the district best known as being the center of the sumo world. Eko-in Temple, just five minutes' walk from JR Ryogoku Station, has been the spiritual home of sumo since tournaments began being held here from 1768 until the first Ryogoku Kokugikan was built in 1909.
Eko-in Temple's full name is Shoshuzan Muen-ji Eko-in and the temple belongs to the Pure Land or Amida sect of Japanese Buddhism.
Eko-in Temple dates from 1657, the year in which the Great Meireki Fire ('Meireki no Taika', aka 'Furisode Kaji' or 'Maruyama Kaji') swept Tokyo for two days, destroying about two-thirds of the city and killing about 100,000 people.
The Shogun of the time, Ietsuna, wished to commemorate these victims, the majority of whom were not survived by family or relatives, and for that purpose set aside the land on which the temple now stands for their burial and erected a monument, Banninzuka, or 'The Mound of a Million Souls', to them.
It was around this that Eko-in temple was built. The temple has thus become a place where the victims of disasters and criminals, not survived or claimed by family or relatives, as well as animals, are laid to rest.
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Afternoon walk tour in Ryogoku, this place is most known as the Sumo Town, many Sumo stables are located around this area and when the Sumo tournament held in Tokyo, the Ryogoku Kokugikan is always use this location. Around Ryogoku have other nice places to visit. Here is a link guide about this walk tour:
00:00 Ryogoku Station (JR Sobu Line)
01:10 Ryogku Station east side
01:25 Yokozuna Yokocho(Yokozuna side street)
07:12 Ekoin Temple
14:34 Ryogoku Station west side
15:48 Ryogoku Kokugikan(Sumo Stadium)
18:46 Edo Tokyo Museum
24:49 Yokoamicho Park (west entrance)
25:48 Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall
26:53 Yokoamicho Park
29:04 Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum
34:24 Kyu Yasuda Garden Entrance (inside have The Japanese Sword Museum)
40:56 Ryogoku Kokugikan Main Entrance and Ticket Office
44:36 Ryogoku Station Main Entrance(JR Sobu Line)
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