Tō-ji Temple
東寺
Tō-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist site with Japan's tallest wooden pagoda.
What it is
- Head temple of the Tō-ji Shingon sect.
- Main deity is Yakushi Nyorai.
- Fundamental training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism.
- Granted to Kūkai by Emperor Saga.
What to see
- Japan's tallest wooden pagoda, 54.8 meters high.
- The Kōdō, completed in 839.
- Three-dimensional mandala inside the Kōdō.
- The Hōzō, the oldest existing building.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
京都府京都市南区九条町1 Open in Google Maps
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