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Shōkō-ji Temple

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Shokoji Temple: a historic temple with a unique garden and important pilgrimage connections.

Shōkō-ji Temple
Dokudami CC BY-SA 3.0 resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

  • Koyasan Shingon sect temple, founded in 1324.
  • Principal image is Jizo Bodhisattva.
  • 14th Fudasho of the Shikoku 36 Fudo Pilgrimage.
  • 87th Fudasho of the New Shikoku Mandala Pilgrimage.

What to see

  • Temple gate with an inscription from 1617.
  • Kannon-do, built in 1697, oldest wooden building in southern Tokushima.
  • Kannon-do houses the guardian deity of the Kashiwagi family.
  • Garden by a disciple of Kobori Enshu.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

徳島県那賀郡那賀町平野妙見前37 Open in Google Maps

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