Taihei-ji Temple
太平寺
Taihei-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Zen temple with a 15th-century bell and ancient ginkgo tree.
What it is
- Rinzai sect Myoshinji school temple.
- Founded as Shingon sect temple in 1169-71.
- Re-established as Rinzai sect in 1336-40.
- Protected by Tokugawa Ieyasu after 1564.
What to see
- Principal image is Toko Yakushi Nyorai.
- Temple bell from 1495 is the oldest in the city.
- Painting of Daikyu Zenji.
- Ginkgo tree over 300 years old.
- Ginkgo tree is 27.4 meters tall.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
愛知県豊橋市老津町東高縄204 Open in Google Maps
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