Zojoji Temple

Temple Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

What to expect

Zojoji Temple is a Jodo-shu Buddhist temple and the main temple of the Jodo sect in the Kanto region, featuring impressive structures, a mausoleum of the Tokugawa family, and a small museum

Plan your family visit to the Zojoji Temple with these blog insights 👇

Visiting Tokyo Temples and Shrines with Kids

This family's experience:

Activities: We stopped at Zojoji Temple for a quick visit on our way to nearby Tokyo Tower. We saw multiple rows of jizobosatsu or jizo statues decorated with bibs, knitted caps, flowers and pinwheels

Highlights: The atmosphere around here was much more serene. The kids enjoyed the contrast pictures between old and new Japan with Tokyo tower in the background ✨

Old and New Tokyo

This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Zojoji temples, with Tokyo Tower in the background, presenting some great contrasting pictures between old and new Tokyo

Highlights: My kids dubbed it the 'orange Eiffel Tower' ✨

Tokyo, Japan

This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Zojo-ji temple and saw the clothed and colourfully decorated jizo statues which are dedicated to lost babies and children

Highlights: We saw a couple gently tending to one of the statues which was beautiful and moving ✨