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Elaine & Savannah, Zojoji Temple, wedding rehearsal, Tokyo, Japan

Shiba Park is Japan's oldest public park, being the first to be officially designated as a park in 1873, only five years after the beginning of Japan's modernization. Parts of the present day park were once the Edo-period Okubo clan garden.

 

It originally encompassed the adjacent Zojoji Temple, but with the separation of church and state after the Second World War, the temple was detached from it. Shiba Toshogu Shrine, once part of Zojoji Temple, is known for an ancient gingko tree near the entrance, which is listed as a National Treasure.

From: Japan Visitor

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Uploaded on May 29, 2017
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