Yakushi-ji Temple
薬師寺
Yakushiji is a historic Tendai temple with important cultural properties, worth visiting for its ancient statues.
What it is
- A Tendai sect temple.
- Founded in 806 by Sakanoue Tamuramaro.
- Rebuilt as a Shingon temple around 1370.
- Renamed Yakushiji in 1594.
What to see
- Wooden Yakushi Nyorai and two attendant figures.
- These figures are important cultural properties.
- Twelve divine generals are housed here.
- These generals are town cultural properties.
- The main hall, rebuilt in 1965.
Getting there
- 5 minutes walk from Shirosato Town Office bus stop.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
茨城県東茨城郡城里町石塚1422 Open in Google Maps
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