Daikō-ji Temple

What it is

• A Jodo Shu Buddhist temple located in the Tennoji Ward of Osaka City.
• The temple is known by the mountain name Joshozan.
• Amida Nyorai is the primary deity enshrined within the temple grounds.
• The site is situated between the Kuchinawa-zaka and Genseiji-zaka slopes.

What to see

• A wooden main gate built in seventeen forty-nine during the Edo period.
• The gate is a registered tangible cultural property with a gabled tile roof.
• The historic entrance measures two point eight meters in width.
• The temple structure faces west toward Matsuyamachi-suji street.

Getting there

• The temple is a six minute walk from Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.