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Entrance to Sugamo Jizo-dori shopping street 巣鴨地蔵通り商店街

Sugamo Jizo-dori shopping street 巣鴨地蔵通り商店街「おばあちゃんの原宿」

The clothing shops are geared for elderly women. Sugamo is the fashion capital for elderly women. 「おばあちゃんの原宿」

Nakasendo road marker.

Most of the clothing items are price low, around 1,000 yen which might be affordable by people living on social security.

Hat shop

Sugamo Jizo-dori shopping street 巣鴨地蔵通り商店街

Kōgan-ji Temple (高岩寺)

Gate to Koganji temple, a famous spot along the shopping street.

Koganji temple. The temple's popular name is "Togenuki Jizo-son." It sells magic paper called osugata which supposed to remove a thorn or splinter from your skin. Affix it to the thorn and it will be extracted. とげぬき地蔵尊

Togenuki means thorn-extracting. Koganji temple incense burner

Koganji temple Hondo hall. This is a Zen temple belonging to the Soto-shu school. The temple was founded in 1596 and moved to Sugamo in 1891.

Inside Koganji temple Hondo. The temple houses the Togenuki Jizo statue which is not visible to the public.

Grounds of Koganji temple as seen from the Hondo hall.

People line up to wash the famous Kannon statue. The line gets longer on weekends.

People in line for the Arai (Washable) Kannon statue. Anybody can line up and scrub the statue. No charge.

Arai Kannon statue. Wash the part of the body to cure the corresponding part of your own body. 洗い観音

They used to have a tawashi brush to wash the statue, but that wore out the statue. So the replacement statue is now washed/rubbed with a towel instead.

Jizo statue

People relax in front of the temple.

The shopping street is quite long, going all the way to Nishi-Sugamo on the Mita subway line.

The famous red underwear. Supposed to keep you warmer. For men and women.

Umbrella shop

Tokyo Toden streetcar, Koshin-zuka Station.

Shofukuji temple's Jizo-do Hall (地蔵堂) is one of only two buildings in Tokyo designated as a National Treasure. Built in 1407, the Jizo-do Hall is a rare and excellent example of Kamakura-Period architecture. The Zen temple belongs to the Rinzai

Shofukuji is a Zen temple belonging to the Rinzai Sect. About a 15-min. walk from Higashi-Murayama Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line. It's in a residential area.

Shofukuji temple's Sanmon Gate. 山門

Beyond the Sanmon Gate is the Jizo-do Hall.

Approaching the Jizo-do Hall, a National Treasure.

The Jizo-do Hall has numerous ("One-thousand") Jizo statues.

Shofukuji temple's Jizo-do Hall (地蔵堂) is one of only two buildings in Tokyo designated as a National Treasure. The sharp roof corners rise up sharply.

Shofukuji temple's Jizo-do Hall (地蔵堂) is one of only two buildings in Tokyo designated as a National Treasure. Near Higashi-Murayama Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.

Beautiful building. Pity that it's so obscure in an obscure city. Only the local people know about it.

Jizo-do is said to have been built in the 15th century during the Kamakura Period, thus it is a fine example of Kamakura-Period architecture.

It resembles Engakuji temple's Shariden Hall (also a National Treasure) in Kamakura. Tokyo's other National Treasure building is the Meiji-Period Geihinkan State Guesthouse at Akasaka Palace. Rear of Jizo-do Hall.