Five-Storied Pagoda Ueno, Ueno-Koen --, Taito-ku :: Tokyo Architecture Info - Photos and information about Japanese buildings.


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Also known as: Ueno Pagoda
Also known as: Kan'ei-ji Pagoda
Built: 1639
Type: Holy Place
Stories: 5
Maximum height: 36.6 meters / 120 feet
Location: Ueno-Koen --, Taito-ku

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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

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