Shogenji Temple

A temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect. There is a stone statue of a monkey in front of the gate, so it is commonly known as "Saru-dera". The origin of the name comes from the fact that when the temple was located in Kagurazaka, a small monkey tried to stop a priest who was about to board a ferry, but the boat sank right in front of his eyes, and the priest escaped the disaster thanks to the small monkey. It is the second temple of the Yamanote Thirty-three Kannon Temples and the 19th temple of the Tokyo Thirty-three Kannon Temples.