Koon-ji Temple (Gunma)

What it is

• A Koyasan Shingon sect temple.
• Buddha's ashes were enshrined in 603.
• Kukai re-established the temple in 814.
• Emperor Go-Daigo rebuilt the temple in 1321.

What to see

• The current main hall, built in 1883.
• National Important Cultural Property: Bronze Five-Type Bells.
• Prefectural Important Cultural Property: Amida Sanzon statue.
• Jizo Bosatsu image stone tablet from 1271.
• Temple bell created in 1703.
• Nagaya-mon gate, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.