Gansen-ji Temple

What it is

• A temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji school.
• Its mountain name is Kinryozan.
• The main deity is Amida Nyorai.
• Once a head temple of the Honganji sect.

What to see

• The main hall, rebuilt in 1663.
• The main hall is a National Important Cultural Property.
• The shoin, built in the mid-Edo period.
• The shoin is an Osaka City Designated Tangible Cultural Property.
• The bell tower, moved in 1948.
• The bronze bell, made in 1224.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.