Tada-ji Temple

What it is

• Buddhist temple founded in 749 by Shogyo Shonin.
• Dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha.
• Certified as a Japan Heritage site in 2015.
• The 4th stop on the Hokuriku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

What to see

• Main hall rebuilt in 1807.
• Zushi housing the principal image, donated in 1634.
• Wooden statue of Yakushi Nyorai from early Heian period.
• Important cultural properties are housed here.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.