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Nihon-ji Temple

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Nihon-ji Temple: a historic Soto Zen temple with a Great Buddha and 1500 Rakan statues.

Nihon-ji Temple
Photograph by Emily Zarndt. The sculpture was carved by Jingorō Eirei Ōno and his apprentices. CC BY-SA 3.0 resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

  • Soto Zen temple founded in 725 by Gyoki.
  • Main deity is Yakushi Nyorai.
  • Originally a Hosso sect temple, later Tendai and Soto Zen.

What to see

  • Great Buddha statue.
  • 1500 Rakan statues, carved over 21 years.
  • Sapling of the Bodhi tree, gifted in 1989.
  • Replica of the Four-Lion Capital.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

千葉県安房郡鋸南町元名184 Open in Google Maps

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