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Hōryū-ji Temple

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Hōryū-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū temple with unique monuments and cultural properties.

Hōryū-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple.
  • Founded between 1596 and 1615.
  • Named after its founder, Kōrensha Unyo Dōkan Hōryū.
  • Became a branch temple of Genpō-ji Temple.

What to see

  • Grave of Kitajima Tōgen in the cemetery.
  • Monument for edible frogs, built in 1952.
  • Shōmen Kongō Kōshin-tō, a cultural property.

Getting there

  • 9-minute walk from Funabori Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

東京都江戸川区船堀6-9-30 Open in Google Maps

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