Traveling
Suburban Tokyo 1

Jindaiji is a relatively large Tendai Buddhist temple. Since it is situated adjacent to the Jindai Botanical Garden, which is a large public botanical garden, it doesn't look like a temple in a heavily populated area.

Tonogayato Garden is a half-Japanese-half-Western garden completed in 1915 as the villa of a prominent business leader.

Okunitama Jinja is one of the most prominent Shinto shrines in western Tokyo Prefecture.

Several old buildings are relocated to this open-air museum.

Takahata Fudoson, formally Kongoji, is a relatively large Shingon Buddhist temple.

Suwa Jinja is a relatively large Shinto shrine.

Fusaiji is a relatively large Rinzai Zen temple. If you're going to Suwa Jinja Shrine, its not so far from there.

Showa Kinen Park is a huge state-run park constructed in 1983. Among the many components of the park, there are a large Japanese stroll garden and a set of a relocated farm house from the Edo period.

Myofukuji is a Nichiren Buddhist temple with well-maintained precincts.

Relocated or reconstructed here at this small open-air museum are several old buildings from the Edo to Meiji era, most of them farm houses.

Koanji is a Soto Zen temple with well-maintained precincts..

Behind the shrine's buildings is an overhauled mound of a Kofun tomb constructed in the 7th century, whose shape is pretty rare type.

Keio Mogusaen is a Japanese garden which overhauled the grounds of an abandoned Buddhist temple.

Tokoji is a Shingon Buddhist temple with well-maintained precincts.

Seisuiji is a Rinzai Zen temple with well-maintained precincts..

Shosenji is a Rinzai Zen temple. There are gardens in front and back of the main hall.