Myosho-ji Temple

What it is

• A Shingon-shu Zentsu-ji school temple.
• Established as Saiho-ji by the Ochi clan.
• Renamed Myosho-ji in 1643.
• The 29th Fudasho of the New Shikoku Mandala Pilgrimage.

What to see

• The principal image is Sho Kannon Bosatsu.
• The original tree of Myoshoji-zakura.
• A Sanmon, Hondo, Yakushido, and Shoro.
• The Yakushido, completed in 1997.
• Thirty copper coins of Chowa Shoho.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.