About this place
Temple 13 of Bandō — Tokyo’s oldest temple, reached through the Thunder Gate and Nakamise street.
The great urban Kannon stop of the Kantō circuit; millions of visitors fold tourism and devotion together here.
Where you'll find it
Contemplating
On these routes
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.
Pure Land
Bandō 33 Kannon
Kantō’s great Kannon circuit — from Kamakura through Tokyo to the Chiba coast, second of the Japan 100 Kannon set.
East Asia
Pure Land
Japan 100 Kannon
The full national Kannon pilgrimage — Saigoku 33 + Bandō 33 + Chichibu 34, traditionally completed as one lifelong vow.
East Asia
Similar places nearby
Other centers and temples in the same tradition.
