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Jōraku-ji Temple

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Jōraku-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with a rare Nara-period Kannon sculpture.

Jōraku-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Shingon-shu Buzan-ha Buddhist temple.
  • The 6th of the Echigo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage sites.
  • Principal image is Shō Kannon Bosatsu.

What to see

  • A Kannon Bosatsu sculpture from the Nara period.
  • The sculpture is displayed every 33 years.

Getting there

  • 20-minute walk east from JR Echigo Line Kariwa Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

刈羽郡刈羽村井岡670 Open in Google Maps

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