Yushima Seido Hall, located in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, is now recognized as a shrine of Confucius, worshipped as the God of learning. When Japan's entrance exam season comes, huge numbers of students and their families visit here and offer up their prayers. In the Edo era, it was a place to explore the teachings of Confucianism. In 1690, the fifth Shogun, Tsunayoshi Tokugawa, established Yushima Seido Hall to encourage students to study Confucianism. Repeated fires demolished the buildings and eventually most of the land, which used to be part of the school have today become part of the campus of Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
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Tokyo Yushima Seido Hall
Now a shrine, in the past a school

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Guardian on the roof of the hall

Yushima Seido Hall

Entrance of the hall

Calm and peaceful afternoon

School kids visit and worship

Chic black building!

Flag of Yushima Seido Hall

Bronze statue of Confucius

Confucius, a symbol of learning

Tokyo Medical and Dental University is located just next to the hall

Decoration under the entrance roof

Walls of Yushima Seido Hall is along the Kanda River

Sunshine streaming down into the hall

Layered roofs
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