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Matsuo-ji Temple

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Matsuo-ji Temple is a historic Tendai temple, home to important cultural properties and Kannon statues.

Matsuo-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Tendai sect temple, originally Hosso sect.
  • Restored during the Genkei era (887-885).
  • The 13th temple of the Omi Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.
  • Main deity is Shō Kannon and Eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva.

What to see

  • A stone nine-storied pagoda.
  • The pagoda is a National Important Cultural Property.
  • A bronze drum.
  • The Kannon statue is called Hiko Kannon.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

滋賀県米原市上丹生2054 Open in Google Maps

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