Salesian Catholic Church
August 8th, 2008 by TE
Modern Japan is today home to around 1.5 million Christians. Of this number, for a range of historical reasons, the vast majority are Catholic, and as with so much else in Japan, most live in and around the capital – Tokyo.
Large numbers of churches – Catholic and of other denominations – can be found in various pockets of Tokyo, but none are quite as picturesque as the famed Salesian Church in Meguro; of late site of several society weddings, but usually the spiritual haven of the areas Japanese and international community practitioners of the faith.
Sometimes called the Edo Santa Maria Church, the building’s main chapel is in a white Romanesque form with a large circular stained glass window positioned just above the trio of covered porch-ways that make it so prominent in the neighborhood it calls home.
Without a doubt, and regardless of faith, a church not to miss should Meguro make it onto your own itinerary of a Tokyo visit, especially on a Sunday.
Access: 15 minutes on foot from Gakugei Daigaku Station on the Toyoko Line
Fee: none
