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Hontaki-ji Temple

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Hontaki-ji Temple is a unique 'bike temple' offering prayers for motorcycles and a scenic waterfall.

Hontaki-ji Temple
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What it is

  • Head temple of the Myoken-shu sect.
  • Founded in 1921 by Noma Nisso Shonin.
  • Renamed Hontaki-ji in 1926.
  • Main deity is Shaka Nyorai.

What to see

  • Nose no Hontaki waterfall within temple grounds.
  • Waterfall was used as an ascetic training ground.
  • Wakihonzon are Myoken Daibosatsu and Tsunetomi Daibosatsu.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

大阪府豊能郡能勢町野間中718 Open in Google Maps

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