Location: Meguro
Top Things to do in Meguro
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Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Meguro, Kanto
Meguro (目黒区, Meguro-ku) is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
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1. Marquis Maeda Old Western Style House
2. Meguro Parasitological Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 199 reviews
The Meguro Parasitological Museum is a private research facility that was established in 1953 with the private funds of a medical doctor, Satoru Kamegai. The museum exhibits about 300 parasite specimens and related material. On the first floor we present the "Diversity of Parasites" displaying various types of parasitic specimens with accompanying educational movies. The second floor exhibits are "Human and Zoonotic Parasites" showing parasite lifecycles and the symptoms they cause during human infection. In addition to research, the museum also performs other activities such as education and provides special publications. The museum has been admission free since it was established. However, running the museum has become more costly, and donations from individuals and corporations provide us with an invaluable financial resource. Therefore, your contribution is essential and will be very much appreciated.
Reviewed By 667maryanns - Saint Louis, United States
Don't skip this Free museum of weird parasites in glass tubes on display. By the stairs going to 2nd floor make sure you look at the picture book. Only some things are labeled in English but it's still an hourlong tour. The famous 8 meter tape worm is upstairs along with the chigger mite in wax. From the JR Yamanote line to Meguro, take the west exit and walk 1 km . It's up hill from Otori -jinja mae bus stop on the ground floor of apartment building. Lots of locals were headed for it also so you can always ask. T shirts and key chains are for sale upstairs.
3. Daienji Temple
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4.0 based on 96 reviews
Reviewed By alexandraremi
A temple of a small scale but full of statues. Went there en route Hotel Gajoen Tokyo. It didn't fall us. It's sacred and serene. Quite a number of locals visiting and praying. The statue full of gold leaves was the Buddha of Heal. It's believed that the spot you adhered the gold leaf the exact spot on your body would be healed.
4. Himonya Catholic Church
5. Ryusen-ji Temple (Meguro Fudoson)
6. Meguro Sky Garden
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4.0 based on 105 reviews
Reviewed By htravelbug
I was staying in a hotel near the sky garden, which I had seen on Google Maps. So, I decided to go and have a look, as I love gardens. I wasn't disappointed. The garden is lovely, with community vegetable plots, sitting areas and, on the day we visited we were rewarded with a wonderful view of Mt. Fuji. It was peaceful; we chatted with local residents who lived in the apartment building adjacent to the garden. It was wonderful. It can be a bit challenging to find the entrance to the garden. But, we used the elevator next to the post office on Tamagawa-dori avenue. It was well worth the visit.
7. Enyuji Temple
8. Yutenji Temple
9. Tenonzan Gohyaku Rakan-ji Temple
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 37 reviews
Appreciate the sublime Buddha statues with unique expressions and gestures. The view of rows of statues of Buddha and his 500 disciples who attained Nirvana is absolutely spectacular. Shoun Genkei(1648-1710), an early Edo period sculptor of Buddhist images, took more than ten years to create the statues. Unusual for that period, the statues realistically decipt the individual expressions and gestures of each figure. In 1970, 305 of the statues became Designated Tangible Cultural Properties of Tokyo prefecture.
