Himon-ya Hachimangu Shrine

Nobody knows how old this shrine is.
It's told that the guardian deity of Shigetada Hatakeyama was deified.
He was one of the servants of Yoritomo Minamoto who's the founder of Kamakura Shogunate.
Kamakura era starts in 1185 and ends in 1333.

Current main hall was built in 1674 and rebuilt in 1872, then renovated in 1887.

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Toritsu Daigaku station on Tokyu Toyoko Line (from Shibuya)

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Suzume no Oyado Green Park - Old House

There's an old house transferred from a village near here.
The original house was built about 300 years ago in Edo era.

Suzume no Oyado Park was donated to Meguro City by a resident's will.

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Toritsu Daigaku station on Tokyu Toyoko Line (from Shibuya)

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Suzume no Oyado Green Park

Suzume means sparrow and Oyado means inn in Japanese.
This park's name means Sparrow Inn Green Park.

This area has good bamboo forests.
Many sparrow used to live here and flew away in the morning and came back in the evening.

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Toritsu Daigaku station on Tokyu Toyoko Line (from Shibuya)

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Salesio Church

Official name of "Salesio Church" is Catholic Himon-ya Church.
This church is consigned from Salesio Order in Italy.

Priest's house was built in 1948 and kindergarten was open in 1949.
This beautiful white cathedral was built in 1954.

There's a picture of Virgin Mary which was brought from Italy to Japan in 1708 by a missionary.

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Toritsu Daigaku station on Tokyu Toyoko Line (from Shibuya)

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En-yuji Temple

En-yuji Temple was established by Great Priest Jikaku Daishi in 853.
Name of the temple had been changed several times.
It's named En-yuji in 1698.

Shakado Hall was built in Muromachi Era, probably in 15th century.
This building is the oldest wooden building in Tokyo Metropolitan area.
It's designated as an important cultural property.

A pair of Statues of Niou, guardian gods in Niou gate were made in 1559.

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Toritsu Daigaku station on Tokyu Toyoko Line (from Shibuya)

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