Hōsen-ji Temple
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Hōsen-ji Temple: a historic Shingon Buddhist temple with a unique pagoda and elephant bones.
What it is
- A Shingon-shu Buzan-ha Buddhist temple.
- Founded by Minamoto no Yoshiie.
- Served as a resting place for shoguns.
- Its Sango (mountain name) is Myōōzan.
What to see
- A three-story pagoda rebuilt in 1992.
- The pagoda houses the Taizōkai Five Buddhas.
- A stone monument of Nakano Town Hall ruins.
- Bones of a tamed elephant are preserved.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
東京都中野区中央2-33-3 Open in Google Maps
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