


Saishoji Temple
最勝寺Founded in the Heian period by Jikan Daishi on the banks of the Sumida River. Ryomoto Akira is Zhongxing. Moved to the main office in the Edo period. Until the Meiji Restoration, he served as a befriend of Ushijima Shrine (1-chome, Mukojima, Sumida-ku). In the 2nd year of Taisho (1913), it was moved to its current location due to rezoning. In the cemetery, there are the graves of Toritei Ryoma (playwright), Tomita Kiho (haiku), and judoka Tokusanho and his wife.