Roppongi(
(六本木, roppongi) is a district of Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan, mainly known for its nightlife and the presence of Western tourists and expatriates, although the vast majority of visitors are Japanese. It is in the southern portion of the circle described by the Yamanote Line, south of Akasaka and north of Azabu.
Tokyo Tower. 333 meters high which makes it higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Old city gates in the middle of a modern city.
Tokyo Tower from below.
The Zojoji Temple in Shiba Park, with the Tokyo Tower in the background.
The Zojoji Temple in Shiba Park. Zojoji is the main temple of the Jodo (Pure Land) which is a sect of Buddhism.
Buddhist monks exiting The Zojoji Temple.
A Buddhist statue.
A Himalayan cedar planted by General Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States, when he visited the temple as a guest of Japan in 1879.
The cemetery behind the temple has the graves of 6 of the 15 Tokugawa shoguns. I'm not sure this is one of them.
Inside The Zojoji Temple.
The small figures are statues of Jizobosatusu, the protector of the souls of stillborn children and the Buddhist equivalent of an angel. Mothers who have lost an unborn child may decorate one of the Jizobosatusu with baby clothes and toys.
The Roppongi intersection.
City sign with a elevated highway in the background.
Ueno Park
