Matsuchiyama Shoden
Japanese Buddhism worship and living sacred practice at Matsuchiyama Shoden
Taito City, Tokyo, Japan
Plan this visit
Practical context before you go
Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
7-chōme-4-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
Enter quietly, bow at thresholds where local custom indicates, and make offerings only at the provided place. Clapping is not part of ordinary Buddhist temple worship. Incense, chanting, copying sutras, or circumambulation should be joined only when the temple invites visitors to do so.
At a glance
- Coordinates
- 35.7175, 139.8030
- Type
- Buddhist Temple
- Suggested duration
- Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
- Access
- 7-chōme-4-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
Pilgrim tips
- Wear modest clothing and remove footwear wherever signs or attendants request it. Do not cross altar barriers or enter monastic and residential rooms.
- Assume that principal images, inner halls, funerals, and private prayer are not for photography unless the temple explicitly permits it.
- Do not improvise ritual, promise spiritual results, interrupt prayer, or handle devotional objects without invitation.
Pilgrim glossary
- Kannon
- The bodhisattva of compassion, central to many East Asian pilgrimage routes.
Overview
Matsuchiyama Shoden (待乳山 本龍院（待乳山聖天）) is an active Japanese Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence, and a rights-cleared image of the site. Visit as a guest of a worshipping community: observe posted boundaries, keep rites and prayer unobstructed, and verify changing access information with the institution.
Honryu-in is a temple of the Sho Kannon sect located in Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo, and is one of the subsidiary temples of Senso-ji Temple. The name of the mountain is Mt. Mt. Machiyu. The principal image is Kangiten (Shoten), an eleven-faced Kannon, and is also called Matsushiyama Shoden. This temple enshrines Bishamonten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Asakusa. Pilgrim Map presents this site through documented identity and living religious practice, not through star ratings or promises of transformation. Architecture and historical associations can help orient a visit, but they do not replace the meaning made by worship, teaching, memorial practice, service, and care. Visitors should distinguish institutional tradition from independently documented history, especially where a foundation narrative, miraculous account, political memory, or popular origin claim is involved. Approach slowly, read the room before acting, and allow regular worshippers to set the pace.
Context and lineage
Honryu-in is a temple of the Sho Kannon sect located in Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo, and is one of the subsidiary temples of Senso-ji Temple. The name of the mountain is Mt. Mt. Machiyu. The principal image is Kangiten (Shoten), an eleven-faced Kannon, and is also called Matsushiyama Shoden. This temple enshrines Bishamonten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Asakusa.
Matsuchiyama Shoden belongs to the living Japanese Buddhism context documented by its institutional and exact-entity sources.
Why this place is sacred
A map can show the threshold of Matsuchiyama Shoden; it cannot determine what the place means for every devotee. Quiet attention is more responsible than assigning a single mood, energy, or spiritual effect. Notice how people prepare to enter, where they pause, and which spaces remain protected, while avoiding imitation or intrusion.
The cited sources identify Matsuchiyama Shoden as an exact Japanese Buddhism institution and provide the bounded historical context summarized here.
The site's present form reflects continuity as well as rebuilding, institutional change, and the work of successive communities. Specific claims are limited to the cited record.
Traditions and practice
Enter quietly, bow at thresholds where local custom indicates, and make offerings only at the provided place. Clapping is not part of ordinary Buddhist temple worship. Incense, chanting, copying sutras, or circumambulation should be joined only when the temple invites visitors to do so.
Current practice and participation at Matsuchiyama Shoden follow the institution's own guidance. Do not infer permission from what another visitor does.
Notice the threshold, the order of movement, and the care given to sacred objects without turning observation into performance.
Japanese Buddhism
ActiveMatsuchiyama Shoden is an active Japanese Buddhism place in Tokyo. Its sacred meaning belongs first to the worshipping community, its documented history, and its continuing care—not to popularity metrics.
Enter quietly, bow at thresholds where local custom indicates, and make offerings only at the provided place. Clapping is not part of ordinary Buddhist temple worship. Incense, chanting, copying sutras, or circumambulation should be joined only when the temple invites visitors to do so.
Experience and perspectives
Begin with the site's present threshold rather than a checklist. Put away conversation and devices when worship is underway, yield to people making offerings or attending services, and accept closures without pressing for access. A respectful visit may be brief. Its value does not depend on witnessing a ceremony, entering every building, or producing photographs.
Use the official site and posted notices to distinguish public grounds from worship, residential, administrative, memorial, or conservation spaces.
Read Matsuchiyama Shoden through its living Japanese Buddhism community alongside documented history, architecture, and urban context.
Institutional and exact-entity sources establish identity and bound the historical account. Unresolved or contested claims remain explicitly attributed.
According to its tradition, sacred meaning is encountered through worship, teaching, remembrance, and the relationships sustained by the community.
No paranormal, medical, therapeutic, or guaranteed transformative effect is claimed.
Visit planning
7-chōme-4-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
No lodging recommendation is made; use current, independent accessibility and accommodation information.
Enter quietly, bow at thresholds where local custom indicates, and make offerings only at the provided place. Clapping is not part of ordinary Buddhist temple worship. Incense, chanting, copying sutras, or circumambulation should be joined only when the temple invites visitors to do so.
Wear modest clothing and remove footwear wherever signs or attendants request it. Do not cross altar barriers or enter monastic and residential rooms.
Assume that principal images, inner halls, funerals, and private prayer are not for photography unless the temple explicitly permits it.
Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Matsuchiyama Shoden; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.
Respect barriers, private rooms, protected fabric, sacred interiors, and any temporary restriction announced by staff.
Plan your visit
Address
日本、〒111-0032 東京都台東区浅草７丁目４−１
Phone
Hours
Hours, fees, and access can change — verify on the official source before you travel. Practical details last checked Aug 2026.
Nearby sacred places
Sacred places within a half-day’s reach. Pilgrims often visit them together: walk one, stay for the other.
References
Sources consulted when researching this page. Independent verification by readers is welcome.
- 01待乳山聖天 — 待乳山 本龍院（待乳山聖天）high-reliability
- 02本龍院 — Japanese Wikipedia contributors
- 03Wikidata entity Q11521073 — Wikidata contributors
- 04Matsuchiyama Shoden Google Maps place record — Google
- 05File:Honryuin 202003a.jpg — Wikimedia Commons contributors
Key questions
What pilgrims usually ask
- Why is Matsuchiyama Shoden considered sacred?
- Visit Matsuchiyama Shoden with verified historical context, living Japanese Buddhism significance, practical access notes, respectful etiquette, and cited sourc
- What should I wear at Matsuchiyama Shoden?
- Wear modest clothing and remove footwear wherever signs or attendants request it. Do not cross altar barriers or enter monastic and residential rooms.
- Can I take photos at Matsuchiyama Shoden?
- Assume that principal images, inner halls, funerals, and private prayer are not for photography unless the temple explicitly permits it.
- How long should I spend at Matsuchiyama Shoden?
- Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
- How do you visit Matsuchiyama Shoden?
- 7-chōme-4-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
- What offerings are appropriate at Matsuchiyama Shoden?
- Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Matsuchiyama Shoden; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.
- What etiquette should visitors follow at Matsuchiyama Shoden?
- Enter quietly, bow at thresholds where local custom indicates, and make offerings only at the provided place. Clapping is not part of ordinary Buddhist temple worship. Incense, chanting, copying sutras, or circumambulation should be joined only when the temple invites visitors to do so.
- What is the history of Matsuchiyama Shoden?
- Honryu-in is a temple of the Sho Kannon sect located in Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo, and is one of the subsidiary temples of Senso-ji Temple. The name of the mountain is Mt. Mt. Machiyu. The principal image is Kangiten (Shoten), an eleven-faced Kannon, and is also called Matsushiyama Shoden. This temple enshrines Bishamonten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Asakusa.