Hon'yō-ji Temple
本要寺
Hon'yō-ji Temple is a historic Nichiren Buddhist temple with a unique gate and ancestral tablets.
What it is
- A Nichiren Buddhist temple.
- Founded in 1616 by Hirata Genji and Matsuya Ihee's ancestors.
- Also known as Zangemetsuzai-ji Temple.
- Founding temple of the Hirata family's conversion to Hokke.
What to see
- The sanmon, a former prison gate.
- Ancestral tablets of the early Hirata family.
- Gravestones of the early Hirata family.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
滋賀県大津市長等2-3-29 Open in Google Maps
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