Ueno Toshogu Shrine
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Silvia De Caro
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"Toshogu is a Shinto shrine located in Ueno Park. This golden-facade building is notable for having survived the Battle of Ueno in 1868, the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and the bombing of Tokyo in 1945. This makes the shrine one of the Japan's most important cultural heritage.
👣How to get there: reachable on foot from Tokyo National Museum (450m,6min).Metro stop: Ueno, Ginza line
🎟️Ticket cost: full price 500 yen (3,10€)-reduced price 200 yen (1,20€)."
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Dan Tanda
"Toshogu Shrine (東照宮, Tōshōgū) is a lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest.
Countless wood carvings and large amounts of gold leaf are used to decorate the buildings, visitors may note that Toshogu contains both Shinto and Buddhist elements. "
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