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Genkaku-ji Temple

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Genkaku-ji Temple is a historic Jodo-shu Buddhist temple with unique statues and a summer market.

Genkaku-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Jodo-shu Buddhist temple.
  • Founded in 1624 by Jinyo Zuiha Shonin.
  • Principal image is Amida Sanzon.

What to see

  • Current main hall, rebuilt in 1979.
  • Bishamonten, one of the Koishikawa Seven Lucky Gods.
  • Konnyaku Enma statue, a wooden seated Enma-o.
  • Enma-do hall, rebuilt in 2003.
  • The Pan-Pacific Bell.

When to go

  • Hozuki-ichi (ground cherry market) every July.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

東京都文京区小石川2-23-14 Open in Google Maps

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