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Tōkō-ji Temple

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Tōkō-ji Temple is a historic Tendai temple with ancient statues and a rebuilt pagoda.

Tōkō-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Tendai sect temple.
  • Its mountain name is Yakuōzan.
  • Main deity is Yunomine Yakushi.
  • Rebuilt in 1879.

What to see

  • A two-storied pagoda, rebuilt in 1108.
  • Yakushidō, rebuilt in 1931.
  • Nikkō Gakkō Bosatsu Tobirae, a cultural property.
  • Seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai.
  • Edo period statues of Nikkō Gakkō Bosatsu and Twelve Divine Generals.
  • 12th-century wooden statues of Kannon Bosatsu and Bishamonten.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

和歌山県田辺市 本宮町湯峯113 Open in Google Maps

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