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Gokuraku-ji Temple

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Gokuraku-ji Temple: a historic Jodo-shu temple rebuilt multiple times, with significant ruins to explore.

Gokuraku-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Jodo-shu Buddhist temple.
  • Main image is Amida Nyorai.
  • Destroyed by flood in 1097, rebuilt in 1191.
  • Burned down in 1774, rebuilt in 1782.

What to see

  • Main hall, rebuilt in 1782.
  • Kuri (monks' living quarters), rebuilt in 1782.
  • Yunoyama Goten ruins, discovered in 1995.
  • Kobe City Taiko no Yudono-kan, opened in 1999.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

兵庫県神戸市北区有馬町1642 Open in Google Maps

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