In this January 8, 2015 photo, Akane Yoshida, left, whose parents and grandparents run a sweet-sake shop by Sengakuji, and who leads the protests against the condominium construction and a temple priest Kenmyo Muta, right, walk near a protest banner against the construction at Sengakuji temple in Tokyo. The “47 ronin” samurai who inspired the long-loved saga of loyalty and honor eulogized in films, books and plays are fighting a new kind of battle in urban Japan. An apartment complex is going up next to the curved tile-roofed Sengakuji temple where the three-century-old graves of the ronin, or masterless samurai, lie. The banner reads: “We only hope to protect landscape of Sengakuji temple”. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

In this January 8, 2015 photo, Sengakuji temple and the condominium construction site are seen in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

In this January 8, 2015 photo, a monk Kenmyo Muta looks at the condominium construction site next to Sengakuji temple in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

In this January 8, 2015 photo, Akane Yoshida, whose parents and grandparents run a sweet-sake shop by Sengakuji, and who leads protest against the condominium construction, watch Sengakuji temple and the condo construction site from a nearby apartment in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

In this January 8, 2015 photo, a monk Kenmyo Muta bows at the condominium construction site and the gate of Sengakuji temple in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

In this January 8, 2015 photo, people walk near the protest banner-hoisted gate of Sengakuji temple, next to a new condo construction site in Tokyo. The banners read: “Against the construction”. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)