{"id":103,"date":"2026-05-12T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:09:28","slug":"asakusa-senso-ji-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/2026\/05\/12\/asakusa-senso-ji-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Asakusa, Senso-ji Temple,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, I went on a business trip to Tokyo and attended a conference. It was my first visit in five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day after the conference, I had some free time before my flight on Saturday, so I decided to visit Asakusa. It had probably been about 20 years since my last visit. Back then, I simply enjoyed the atmosphere as a tourist, thinking, \u201cWow, it\u2019s Asakusa! The big lantern!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, however, I noticed something different. I had heard that there are shrines within the temple grounds, so I looked around carefully. I found Asakusa Shrine, and also a small shrine called Mitsumine Shrine near the center of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, I felt it was a bit strange to see shrines and a temple in the same place, since they belong to different religions. But later, I learned that in Japan, Shinto and Buddhism have historically been closely connected and often coexist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also remembered seeing a monument of Nezumi Kozo carrying a box of gold in the shopping street during my previous visit. He was a famous thief in the Edo period, but was also seen as a kind of folk hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/srensouji-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/srensouji-2.jpg 477w, https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/srensouji-2-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This visit made me realize that Asakusa is not only a religious site, but also a place where culture, entertainment, and everyday life have long been blended together. It was a very memorable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4e09\u5cf0\u795e\u793e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4e09\u5cf0\u795e\u793e.jpg 477w, https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4e09\u5cf0\u795e\u793e-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I went on a business trip to Tokyo and attended a conference. It was my first visit in five years. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjait.shop\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}