Sensoji Temple

After the Kaminarimon and Nakamise shopping arcade lies a beautiful temple named Sensoji. This area was formerly the entertainment district in Tokyo, before world war 2. Before entering the tepmle you must cleanse yourself by washing your right and left hands and your mouth with the water from the statuesque water feature pictured. Then you climb the stairs and are greated by the sound of monks chanting within the temple. the sound is hypnotic. I still can not get over the elaborate decor in these temples. Next to the temple I saw a five tiered building known as the pagota, which was dedicatd to commedians. Funny that such an awesome structure would be dedicated to such a profession!