Gokoku-ji

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Gokoku-ji
護国寺
Honden (Main Hall)
Honden (Main Hall)
Information
Denomination:  Shingon Buzan-ha
Founded:  1681
Founder(s):  Keishō-in, Ryōkei
Address:  5-40-1 Ōtsuka, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo
Country:  Flag of Japan Japan
Website
Website:  http://www.gokokuji.or.jp/

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Gokoku-ji (?) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Bunkyō-ku. It was established by the mother of the Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

In 1873, Emperor Meiji declared Gokoku-ji the Imperial mausoleum, and several of his children are buried there, as well as Emperor Meiji himself. It remains the Imperial mausoleum today.

Gokoku-ji is also famous as the central temple that oversees the practice of Japanese tea ceremony in all the country's temples.

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Coordinates: 35°43′18″N, 139°43′32″E