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Raifuku-ji Temple

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Raifukuji Temple: a historic Shingon temple with unique monuments and merchant graves.

Raifuku-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Shingon-shu Chizan-ha Buddhist temple.
  • Founded in 990 by Chiben Ajari.
  • Principal image is Jizo Bodhisattva, called Kyodoku Jizo.

What to see

  • Monument to Rin Join, erected in 1925.
  • Rin Join brought manju manufacturing techniques from China.
  • Haiku monument by Setchuan Ryota.
  • Graves of the Hayashi family.
  • Group of Awa indigo merchant gravestones.

Getting there

  • 10-minute walk from Samezu Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

Raifuku-ji Temple Open in Google Maps

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