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Ryusen-ji Temple (Shinshiro)

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龍泉寺 (新城市)

A historic Soto Zen temple in Shinshiro featuring five registered Tangible Cultural Properties and an 1820 main hall.

Ryusen-ji Temple (Shinshiro)
Asturio Cantabrio CC BY-SA 4.0 resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

  • A temple of the Soto school of Buddhism founded in 1558
  • Dedicated to the Eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva as the main deity
  • Features five structures officially registered as Tangible Cultural Properties
  • Known by the mountain name Kyuzansan and renamed Ryusen-ji in the Kan'ei era

What to see

  • The main hall which was completed in 1820
  • The Kannondo hall dating back to 1822
  • The Kaizando and Ihaido buildings constructed in 1931
  • A bell tower built on the grounds in 1955

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

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