Taigū-ji Temple
袋宮寺
Taigū-ji Temple houses Aomori's largest Edo-period Buddha, a significant cultural property worth seeing.
What it is
- A Tendai sect temple.
- Founded in 1677 by Tsugaru Nobumasa.
- Originally named Muryōin Kannon-dō.
- Became independent and renamed in the Meiji era.
What to see
- The Main Hall, a prefectural cultural property.
- An Eleven-faced Kannon statue, 6 meters tall.
- The Kannon statue is also called "Setaka Kannon."
- Largest Edo-period Buddha statue in Aomori Prefecture.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
青森県弘前市新寺町26 Open in Google Maps
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