Sensō-ji Temple
Sensoji Temple is one of the largest and oldest Buddhist temples in Tokyo and is a popular spot for Matsuris. At the entrance, the common sight of a large paper lantern imposes itself over visitors who wishes to enter to pay their respects to the Buddha residing within. The lantern is painted red and black suggesting thunderclouds and lightning, which is why the entrance is aptly named as kaminari-mon or “Thunder Gate”.
Thousands of visitors, local and international, visit the temple yearly for the matsuri festivals. Due to such hot reception, naturally the temple grounds are built to cater to tourists with souvenir shops, traditional shops selling pro-Japanese and religious artifacts and restaurants serving traditional noodles and local cuisines.
If you’re looking for divine consultation, there is a Kau Cim (fortune telling) place within the temple grounds that will satisfy all your life questions. You just have to pay a compulsory donation of 100yen to get in, of course. Querents, or the person fore telling your future, will shake labeled sticks from enclosed metal containers and read the corresponding answers they retrieve from one of 100 possible drawers. It’s an experience that is nothing ordinary if you’re into that sort of thing.
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