Temple in a Garage

I got sidetracked on my way home Saturday afternoon stumbling across this hidden gem in Roppongi. This temple is less than 500m from the Roppongi Hills complex, and is so hidden its entrance can only be accessed through a parking garage.

Behind me in the photograph is an elaborate second affair clearly built with recent money. The graveyard is huge behind both buildings and probably draws large yearly revenues. (In Japan, it is common for ancestors to pay [large] yearly fees to temples to maintain burial plots.) Numerous expensive European imports were parked in the garage and on temple grounds.

Nonetheless, it remains a quiet and beautiful escape from the bustle of Roppongi Hills.