628: Year that Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo’s oldest temple, was founded

2018: Year that the Hanzomon Museum was established by Shinyo-en

1500 years old: Age of the cypress wood used to build Meiji Shrine’s towering Torii Gate

2000: Year that the monk-staffed Vowz Bar was opened

12.5 meters: Height of the Tokyo Daibutsu, the third-largest Buddha statue in Japan

49: Number of Tricycle subscribers

More than 140,000 volumes are housed in the International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies library

195 cm: Height of Mindar, a robotic Buddhist priest who resides at Tokyo’s Kodai-ji Temple

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