Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple Pilgrimage Approach & Pagodas, Narita, Chiba

About this place

Live Camera | Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple & Omotesando, Narita, Chiba, Japan. Drawing over ten million worshippers every year, Naritasan Shinsho-ji is a monumental Buddhist temple founded in 940 AD, housing the consecrated image of Fudo Myoo. The temple grounds encompass the Great Peace Pagoda, intricately carved Three-Story Pagoda, and tranquil park gardens. Along the 800-meter sloping Omotesando approach, historic Edo-style wooden shopfronts billow with aromatic smoke from Kawatoyo and Kikuya, where master chefs broil wild and farmed unagi eel over binchotan charcoal.

✦ Must-Visit Highlights:

▸ Thousand-Year-Old Sacred Sanctuary of Fudo Myoo & Historic Pagodas: Participate in ancient Goma fire rituals and explore grand wooden halls.

▸ Bustling Edo-Era Omotesando Pilgrimage Corridor: Wander among preserved wooden merchant houses and traditional souvenir shops.

▸ Famous Kawatoyo Charcoal-Broiled Glazed Unagi Eel & Yoneya Yokan: Feast on melt-in-your-mouth eel rice bowls and sweet chestnut bean jelly.