Saitoku-ji Temple

What it is

• A Shinshu Bukko-ji school temple established in 1628 as a training hall
• The temple moved to its current Ryusen location in 1683 following multiple fires
• The current reinforced concrete main hall was completed in 1930 after the Great Kanto Earthquake
• This site served as a filming location for a movie released in 2019

What to see

• A designated wooden standing statue of Amida Nyorai housed within the temple
• A wooden statue of Prince Shotoku registered as a cultural property
• The burial site of famous Kabuki actors Nakamura Kanzaburo XVII and XVIII
• The reinforced concrete main hall architecture dating back to the early Showa era

Getting there

• The temple is an eight-minute walk from Minowa Station
• Visitors can reach the site in eight minutes on foot from Iriya Station

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.