3 Days with Mom Day 2 (Part 5) / お母さんとの三日間 二日目 （パート５）

Our last destination on Mom's Tokyo tour took us to Sengakuji, the final resting place of the 47 ronin.  The memorial hall was closed but we were still able to check out the tombs and the place where the ronin cleaned the head of the samurai that dissed their master.  If you want to know more about the 47 ronin, check out one of my previous post when I walked around Sengakuji on my own at A Walk around Sengakuji.

お母さんと東京見物の最終目的地は忠臣蔵で有名なお寺「泉岳寺」。赤穂義士が眠る場所です。もう夕方に来たもんで、赤穂義士記念館はもう閉店でした。でも赤穂義士の墓は見に行けた。日本人なら誰でも忠臣蔵の話が知ってるはずなので、説明は致しません。

Main gate to Sengakuji / 泉岳寺の門

The main temple / 泉岳寺の本堂

Graves of the 47 Ronin / 赤穂義士の墓

The well used to clean the head of the samurai who wronged their lord before presenting the head to their lord's grave.

Mom in front of the statue of Kuranosuke Oishi, the leader of the 47 ronin.

大石内蔵助の像の前に立つお母さん。


And that concludes are Tokyo temple tour.  Tomorrow we'll be heading to Shibamata to check out the Tora-san Museum and Taishakuten and whatever else catches our fancy.

これで東京お寺・神社巡り見物が終了しました。明日の予定は柴又にある寅さん記念館、帝釈天、矢切りの渡しなどに行く。