Seigan-ji Temple

What it is

• A Soto Zen Buddhist temple.
• Founded in the early Muromachi period.
• Sasaki Doyo was the founder.
• Main deity is a seated statue of Sho Kannon.

What to see

• Dry landscape garden, a national scenic spot.
• Garden rebuilt in 1678, from the early Edo period.
• Wooden seated Sho Kannon Bosatsu, a cultural property.
• Wooden standing Eleven-faced Kannon Bosatsu, a cultural property.

Getting there

• 5-minute walk from Maibara Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.