The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness. According to legend, two fishermen struck gold and found a statue of the god while fishing on the ...

Asakusa, an area of Tokyo with a long history, is still brimming with tradition. It's a popular tourist spot with Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple, Sensoji, drawing over 30 million visitors a year.

Canadian-born Barry Joshua Grisdale selected Asakusa’s famed Sensoji temple to be the first destination ... At the age of 19, Josh visited Japan with his father for the first time.

It has been held biannually on the 18th of March and October since 1958, when the temple’s main hall was rebuilt from when it burned down in the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945. Related News ...

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