Sairen-ji Temple
西蓮寺 (行方市)
Sairen-ji Temple is an ancient Tendai temple with important cultural properties and historic ginkgo trees.
What it is
- A Tendai sect temple founded in 782 by Saisen.
- Its main image is Yakushi Nyorai.
- Received a red seal certificate from the Edo shogunate.
- Grounds cover 16,000 square meters.
What to see
- Temple gate, built in 1543, is an Important Cultural Property.
- Sorinto, built in 1287, is an Important Cultural Property.
- One of Japan's three major Sorinto.
- Wooden seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai.
- Two ginkgo trees, over 1,000 years old.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
茨城県行方市西蓮寺504 Open in Google Maps
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