Tokudaiji Temple

Tokudaiji Temple is known as Marishiten.
Marishiten is one of guardian gods in Buddhism.

It's told that this temple was opened in 1653.

This temple is located in the middle of Ameyoko.
There's stairs to go up on the building.

This temple is surrounded by candy shops.

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<The Nearest Station>

JR Okachimachi station on Yamanote Line / Keihin Tohoku Line

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Ameya Yokocho

Ameya Yokocho is known as Ameyoko and it's an area between JR Ueno station and JR Okachimachi station which is filled with many many unique stores.

"Ameya" means Candy store and "Yokocho" means alley.
There's another theory that "Ameya" means American store since American ex-service goods were sold just after World War II.

Sea foods, snacks, clothes and shoes are popular here but there're a lot of specialty stores.  
Stores may discount the price or may give you some extra.

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<The Nearest Station>

JR Ueno station on Yamanote Line / Keihin Tohoku Line
JR Okachimachi station on Yamanote Line / Keihin Tohoku Line

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AKI-OKA Street

AKI-OKA Street is located under railroad track of Yamanote Line between Akihabara station and Okachimachi station.

AKI-OKA Street consists of 4 sections.

* AKI-OKA Marche    : Chabara
* AKI-OKA Caravane : B-1 Grand Prix Restaurants
* AKI-OKA Artisan    : 2k540
* AKI-OKA Goulmet  : Ramen Alley

Chabara has specialty foods from many different part of Japan.
It's like Depachika with unique foods from all over Japan.

B-1 Grand Prix is an annual contest of "Rank B" foods.
There're wagons of award winning foods in the past contests.
You can enjoy different kinds of local soul food in Japan for reasonable prices.
Ticket machines accept SUICA/PASMO (Traffic prepaid cards).
Half size menu is available to enjoy several different foods.

2k540 is a term in railroad business and shows the distance from the starting terminal.
In this case, it's 2 km and 540 m from Tokyo station.
It has many handmade crafts shops.

Ramen Alley has some popular Ramen restaurants.
You can compare variety of the tastes of Ramen.

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<The Nearest Station>

Akihabara station and Okachimachi station on Yamanote Line.

* AKI-OKA Marche    :  11:00-20:00   Vary by store
* AKI-OKA Caravane :   11:00-21:00 (-20:00 on Weekends)
* AKI-OKA Artisan    :   11:00-19:00   Closed on Wednesdays
* AKI-OKA Goulmet  : 　Vary by restaurant

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