MangoVine - Benten-do Memorial in Ueno Park

14 May, 2009
Thursday

In Ueno Park's large pond, there is an island which houses the Benten-do Memorial. Benten is a patron goddess of the arts, though to us, this wasn't obvious on visiting the place.

The Benten-do Memorial is made up of a shrine housed within a hall that has a two level pagoda at the back.

The grounds were pretty peaceful, with passerbys mostly seeming to make use of the island to just get across the pond.

It also seemed to be an ideal place to walk the dog - or just sit the dog, judging by a few of the visitors there.

The Benten-do Memorial doesn't take long to walk around, though I did find the views from it to across the pond and beyond, to be particularly interesting.

More Benten-do Memorial photos on Flickr

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Benten-do Memorial in Ueno Park

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