Gyokuryū-ji Temple

What it is

• Rinzai sect temple in Gero City, Gifu Prefecture.
• Principal image is Shaka Nyorai.
• First sacred site of the Masuda Saigoku Sanjusan Kannon Pilgrimage.
• Current buildings rebuilt in 1761.

What to see

• Many maple and enkianthus trees, earning it the name Momiji-dera.
• Graves of three generations of Hida Takayama domain lords.
• Grave of world traveler Kato Somo.
• Wooden seated statue of Shaka Nyorai, a cultural property.
• Several Gero City designated cultural properties.
• A left-coiling kaya tree, a natural monument.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.