Sōsen-ji Temple

What it is

• A Soto Zen Buddhist temple.
• Its mountain name is Ōishiyama.
• Main images are Shakamuni, Amitabha, and Miroku.
• Destroyed in 1574, rebuilt in the 1610s.

What to see

• Jūō statues on the main gate's second floor.
• Rakan-dō (Arhat hall) built in 1800.
• Nyorai statue from the Genroku era.
• A scepter from its shrine-temple complex days.

When to go

• Rakan-dō festival held on the first of every month.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.