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Five-Storied Pagoda UenoAlso known as: | Ueno Pagoda | Also known as: | Kan'ei-ji Pagoda | Built for the Tokugawa shoguns, the Kan'ei-ji pagoda now stands inside the Ueno Park Zoo. This whole area was originally the grounds for the Kan'ei-ji temple which was erected to protect the Edo castle. But during the Boshin War from 1868 to 1869 the temple was destroyed. The pagoda survived, and a bustling neighborhood has grown up around it Quick Facts
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