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Yushima Seido

湯島聖堂

A temple of Confucius.

Getting there: Ochanomizu station of the Marunouchi line
Website: seido.or.jp (opens in a new tab)

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Tokyo/Bunkyo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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