The only wooden National Treasure building in Tokyo: you can go inside only three days a year.
The Jizōdō, built in 1407, is the only wooden building in Tokyo designated a National Treasure (国宝, kokuhō, the highest designation for cultural properties in Japan). Inside are kept about 900 small Jizō statues, 15–30 cm tall, which worshippers borrowed for a prayer and returned in pairs once it had been answered. The outside can always be seen, free; the inside opens only three days a year.
The building first received National Treasure designation in 1929, under the old protection law; in 1952, under the current law, it received it again. The temple is 10–15 minutes on foot from Higashimurayama Station.
ℹ️ The outside of the Jizōdō can always be seen, free. The inside opens only three days a year: the second Sunday of June (in 2026, 14 June) from 11:00 to 15:00, 8 August from 11:00 to 15:00, and 3 November (the Jizō festival) from 10:00 to 16:00. The temple's official website, reread on 26/09/2026, has not yet published the date of the June 2027 opening: it is not worked out by hand, it is stated as missing.
🚉 Higashi-Murayama · 12 min walk
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