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Honmyōji Temple, Tokyo

This temple is known for a fire called Meireki-no-Taika, an inferno 400 years ago which killed over 100,000 people.

This temple is known for a fire called Meireki-no-Taika, an inferno 400 years ago which killed over 100,000 people. It is said that this fire broke out in Honmyoji. There are also some tombs of famous people in this temple. A Japanese sward man Syuusaku Ciba and a political office leader Kinshirou Touyoma, for example.


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About Honmyōji Temple

 5 Chome-35-6 Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tōkyō-to 170-0002, Japan

 +81 3-3917-1558

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