Tokyo · Updated: 2026-09-29
Around Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station (清澄白河駅) there are 37 walking spots, ranging from temples to a garden and museums. The mix is 30 temples, 3 Inari shrines, 3 museums and 1 garden, and every one of them is between a 1-minute and a 14-minute walk from the station. This is the old Fukagawa temple district, so a walk here moves between quiet lanes lined with temple gates and longer stops at a garden or a museum.
This guide covers 37 walking spots; 37 of them are an average 5-minute walk from the nearest station (1–14 min).
Counted from zorozoro listings when this page was generated. Walking minutes are estimates: straight-line distance to the nearest station × 1.3, at 80 m per minute.
A suggested order: start at Joshoin Temple, a 1-minute walk, then take in Reigan-ji Temple, Rinsen-ji Temple and Honseiji Temple (2 minutes each), the Fukagawa Edo Museum (3 minutes) and Kiyosumi Gardens (4 minutes). For the second half, head toward the Sumida River to the Koto City Basho Memorial Museum (6 minutes), pass Unkōin Temple (7 minutes), and finish at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 14 minutes on foot.
The closest of the 37 spots to Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station, just 1 minute on foot. It stands in the corner of Fukagawa's temple district, formed when many temples gathered here in the Edo period.
A Jōdo-shū temple founded in 1624 by the priest Reigan. Its seated bronze Jizō Bodhisattva is known as one of the Six Jizō of Edo and is designated a cultural property of Koto City. It makes an easy starting point for a temple-district walk.
A temple of the Rinzai Myōshin-ji school, known as a site connected to the Edo-period haiku poet Matsuo Basho, with related historic remains in its grounds. Pair it with Kiyosumi Gardens and the Basho Memorial Museum to trace that link.
As its name suggests, this is a larger temple than the small halls around it. If you are walking the Edo-period temple streets of Fukagawa, its main gate is worth a pause.
Opened in 1986, this museum recreates an Edo-period Fukagawa streetscape at full scale, with row houses, a fire lookout tower and a boat inn indoors. Lighting and sound shift to suggest the passing of a day, so you experience Edo life through the senses.
A strolling landscape garden created by Iwasaki Yatarō in the Meiji era, with famous stones gathered from around Japan set around the pond. Ponds, artificial hills and a dry garden carry the seasons; it is a designated scenic spot of Tokyo, open daily 09:00–17:00.
Opened in 1981 in the part of Fukagawa where Matsuo Basho spent his later years, reached by walking from the station toward the Sumida River. Letters by Basho and materials on Oku no Hosomichi are displayed, and the rooftop garden looks out over the river.
A Jōdo-shū temple said to have been founded by Achanotsubone, a consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It sits on the temple-district route, a quiet place to pay respects.
Opened in 1995 toward Kiba Park, this public museum holds a collection of more than 5,800 works. The airy building by architect Takahiko Yanagisawa is itself worth seeing. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00, with restrooms on site.
Inside 5 minutes you pass Yushouin Temple (2 min), Chosenji Temple (3 min), Shogaku-in Temple (3 min), Saiseiin Temple (4 min), Jotoin Temple (4 min), Entsu-ji Temple (5 min), Shorin-in Temple (5 min), Hossho-ji Temple (5 min), Sesshin-in Temple (5 min), Chokouin Temple (5 min), Gyokusen-in Temple (5 min), Enryū-in (5 min) and Shogyoin Temple (5 min), plus Fukagawa Inari Shrine (3 min) with its red torii gate.
A little further are Seizhi-in Temple (6 min), Zentokuji Temple (6 min), Ichijō-in Temple (6 min), Zen'ō-in Temple (6 min), Honryuin Temple (6 min), Enshuin Temple (7 min), Giunji Temple (7 min), Jōshinji Temple (8 min), Ryuko-in Temple (8 min), Shokoin Temple (8 min), Eizenji Temple (9 min) and Shōgakuji Temple (9 min), along with two small shrines tucked into residential streets, Yukinari Inari Shrine (6 min) and Masaki Inari Shrine (8 min).
One tip: Kiyosumi Gardens (09:00–17:00) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00) keep set hours, so build your day around those two and fill the time before and after with the temple lanes, which you can walk at your own pace.