Gokoku-ji

Gokoku -ji (Japanese护国寺) is a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. It was founded by the mother of the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

1873 Emperor Meiji bury his first, stillborn son on the grounds of the Gokoku -ji. Since then, a part of the cemetery of the imperial family used. Well-known personalities such as former Prime Minister Okuma Shigenobu, the military leader and politician Yamagata Aritomo, the architect Josiah Conder was working in Japan (1852-1920) are buried in the cemetery of the temple.

The main hall of the Gokoku -ji from 1697, classified as Important Cultural Property, is one of the few old buildings that have survived the Second World War in Tokyo.

The Gokoku -ji Temple is also known as the practice of the tea ceremony.