Temple Spots in Ibaraki Area

  • Ushiku Daibutsu
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    Ibaraki Pref. Ushikushi Kunochou 2083
    World’s largest free-standing bronze statue—at 120 meters. The inner body is divided into five levels—one floor for trying sutras, one floor with 3,400 internal buddha statues, and an observatory deck where you can see Mt. Fuji and Tokyo Skytree from a height of 85 meters. There’s plenty to enjoy in the area too, from the small zoo where you can see monkey acrobatics or feed small animals to the Pure Land-style gardens with beautiful flowers in each season.

    Walking around an hour to visit the temple and its beautiful gardens. We came right in the cherry blossom then we had opportunity to take many pictures Recommend this visit

  • Amabiki-kannon (Amabikisan Rakuhoji)
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    Ibaraki Pref. Sakuragawashi Motogi 1
    Said to have been constructed in the second year of Emperor Yomei (587) by Horindokushukoji from China, this temple of the Toyama sect of Shingon Buddhism is located in Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Many visitors come here every year seeking its blessing in regards to safe childbirth and child-raising. The main Kannon bodhisattva statue has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. The temple is famous for its cherry blossoms in spring and hydrangeas during the rainy season.
  • Chosho-ji Temple
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    Ibaraki Pref. Itakoshi Itako 428
    This ancient Rinzai Buddhist temple, founded in 1185, is notable for its thatch roofed main temple building, a rarity in Japan. According to records, the temple was built by Minamoto no Yoritomo to pray for continued luck in war, and the temple's copper bell was gifted to it in the distant Kamakura period. The temple possesses numerous valuable historical artefacts and items designated Cultural Properties by the national government, prefecture, and city, making it an essential destination for those looking to experience the history of Itako City.

    あやめまつり会場で出会った観光ボランティアの上野山さんのおかげで当日ここへ来る迄全く知らなかった当所を訪問することができました。山門の説明から本堂前にある菩提樹の木、花、実の説明を詳細にして頂き、境内を詳細に説明して頂いた後、ワイフの趣味になっている記帳を住職にお願いしました。非常に達筆、趣深い筆致、構成で非常に素晴らしいものと喜んでいました。その後、休憩所で抹茶と手作り和菓子を頂きました。非常に...

  • Raigoin Temple
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    Ibaraki Pref. Ryugasakishi Nareumamachi 2362
    A Tendai Buddhist temple located a 15-minute walk from Ryugasaki Station on the Kanto Railway Ryugasaki Line. The temple's principal object of worship is a standing figure of Amitabha. The two-tiered pagoda standing on the grounds is an extremely rare example of Muromachi period architecture whose date of construction precedes 1556 and has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. The temple holds a grand fire prevention festival on December 23 which looks beyond differences in sect and creed. During the festival, the ashes of a huge bonfire are scattered on the ground and a fire walking ceremony is held in which anyone can participate with an advance reservation.

    ネット検索で偶然知り、近くに居た為始めて訪れてみました。天台宗のお寺で境内に国指定重要文化財の多宝塔があります。室町後期の建築物で、この地方では殆ど類を見ない珍しい物だという事です。休日に訪れましたが誰も居なく静かでした。

  • Togaku-ji Temple
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    Ibaraki Tsuchiura-shi Otemachi 4-16
    This temple is located in Otemachi, Tsuchiura City. The bronze bell inside the temple grounds was donated to Gokuraku-ji Temple by the military commander of the Kamakura period, Hatta Tomoie, and was later used in Tsuchiura Castle, and then moved to the temple in 1884. It is counted as one of the three ancient Hitachi bells, and has been designated as a nationally important cultural property.

    土浦ひな祭りに行き立ち寄りました。ガイドブックの歴史散策に紹介されてたお寺です。有名なのは銅鐘で、常陸三古鐘の一つで国指定の文化財とのことです。除夜にのみ音色が聞けるそうです。境内にある松の枝ぶりも見応えありました。

  • Hasedera Temple
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    Ibaraki Koga-shi Hasemachi 5-1
    This temple is located in Hasemachi, Koga City. It was constructed as the ‘demon's gate', located in the quarter lying to the northeast of the castle, by Ashikaga Shigeujiin 1493. The wooden Hase Kannon, came from Hasedera Templein Kamakura, is enshrined here, and was a symbol of strong belief by successive lords of Koga Castle. It is said that it brings miracles of safe birth, child-raising, bringing good luck and dispelling evil and of advancement, and along with Yamato and Kamakura, is counted as one of Japan's three great Hase Kannon.

    古河駅から徒歩15分。 1493年、古河城の鬼門除けとして鎌倉の長谷寺から勧請して創建。1868年に廃仏毀釈の影響で廃寺となったが1914年に再興。本尊は十一面観世音菩薩立像。本堂は鉄筋コンクリート造で外観デザインも味気ない。かつての本堂は、一度廃寺になった後の1878年に茨城県五霞町の実相院に移築されたらしい。 大和、鎌倉、古河の長谷寺にある観世音菩薩は一本の楠から彫られたとされていることから...

  • Shojoji Temple
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    Ibaraki Koga-shi Otemachi 7-1
    A Buddhist temple in Otemachi, Koga City. It was founded in 1633 by Toshikatsu Doi, who was the lord of Koga Castle and chief minister for the Edo Shogunate. Gentetsu was the first head priest. The Doi clan's graveyard is at the Okuin sub-temple, and it has been designated a city Historic Site.

    有力な大名が藩主となった古河藩ですが、一番有名なのは、江戸初期に絶大な権力を誇った土井利勝公でしょうか。土井家の菩提寺・正定寺には銅像やお墓があります。

  • Ichijoin Temple
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    Ibaraki Pref. Nakashi Ida 1085
    This is a Shingon Buddhist temple of the chizan sect in Naka City. There is an approximately 16-meter tall statue of Bishamonten, at the entrance to the temple that is said to be the tallest of its kind in Japan. It was modeled after the work of the artist Unkei, whose wood-carved statue of Bishamonten is housed in the Bishamon Hall. The original statue was created in the mid-Kamakura period, and is designated a Cultural Property of the prefecture. This temple is also the seventh temple of the pilgrimage stops along the Kaiunka temple pilgrimage route that visits the primary eight-bodies of gods which protect the year of your birth, one of twelve horary signs. On January third, during the Bishamonten Festival, the inner sanctum is opened and, Daruma and Antique Markets are held and many throng to the celebrations.

    Ichijyo-in Temple is one of most exciting places in Naka city. This place is spacious and there are many interesting things that people of various generations can enjoy. There is rich nature at...

  • Shorenji Temple
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    Ibaraki Pref. Hitachiotashi Tourenjichou 200
    "A Buddhist temple located a 20-minute drive from Hitachi-Ota Station. The shrine's origins date back to when Emperor Tenmu stayed in the area for two years when he was still a prince and later had a Buddhist image and statue of Prince Shotoku enshrined at the location. During the distant Kamakura period, Hatakeyama Shigehide (second son of Hatakeyama Shigetada, who was killed under suspicions he was plotting to overthrow the government) entered the priesthood, built a temple hall, and lived here, after which he dreamed of a blue lotus, leading to the temple gaining its current name- ""Shorenji"" means ""Blue Lotus Temple."" The temple also famously appears in the famous late Edo period true story known in Japan as the ""Two Filial Daughters of Bungo Province."""
  • Itsukushima-jinja Shrine (Konaji Benzaiten)
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    Ibaraki Hokota-shi Konaji 877
    A Shinto shrine in Konaji, HokotaCity. It is said to have been founded in 1265 through division and transfer of the deity at Itsukushima Shrine in Aki, Hiroshima. The main hall seems to float on the pond and has been designated a Prefectural Cultural Asset.
  • Satake Ji
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    Ibaraki Hitachiota-shi Tenjinbayashicho 2404

    A Real Thatched-Roof Temple--Very Rare nowadays. Declared a National Treasure in 1906, this wooden temple was built in 1546 after a fire but the history of the sect goes back to 985 AD. This temple...

  • Hidakadera Temple (Muramatsusan Kokuzodo)
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    Ibaraki Naka-gun Tokaimura Muramatsu 8

    Muramatsu Kokuzoson is the largest temple in Tokai . There are two statues of “Nio” at the entrance-- its so cool. When you go through the gate, you can pay your respects to the god of the shrine...

  • Kiyotakiji Temple
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    Ibaraki Tsuchiura-shi Ono

    土浦から表筑波スカイラインへ向かう途中、南端のフルーツラインへの上り口に清滝観音の表示があったので寄ってみました。平日の午後だったので他に参拝客もいず、ひっそりとした境内を味わうことができました。交通の便のよくない山中にあるお寺ですが、山門は立派でした。

  • Hozenji
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    Ibaraki Pref. Inashikishi Ono 318

    This is a very small attraction with a stone Buddha statue completely covered with live green moss. We noticed many local visitors who perform a simple prayer and use a ladle to bath the statue. This...

  • Chozenji Temple
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    Ibaraki Toride-shi Toride 2-chome

    取手駅から徒歩5分程度のところにある、小高い丘の上に建てられた寺院である。 境内への昇降は階段のみであるため、車椅子等の障碍を持つ方は気軽には参拝出来ない。またその階段は複数箇所あるが、いずれも可動式のフェンスが設置されており、夜間は立ち入ることが出来ない場合がある。 境内はそれ程広くは無く、周回するだけであれば1時間とかからない。茨城県の文化財に指定されている三世堂を含め、いずれの建物も平時は立...

  • Futa Honshoji Temple
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    Ibaraki Itako-shi Horinouchi 1230

    アジサイを見に行きました。 丘のような広い敷地に様々なアジサイの花が満開に咲いていました。インスタ映えします。 無料の駐車場もそれなりの広さであって、交通整理してくれる方もいました。 アジサイの季節限定の御朱印もあり、また同じ時期に潮来のあやめまつりも近くで開催されているので、セットで訪れるといいと思います。

  • Katsura Gan Ji
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Matsumotocho 13-19

    桂岸寺は、JR水戸駅から徒歩45分くらいのところにある真言宗豊山派の寺院です。紫陽花で有名な保和苑に隣接しています。10月に水戸市内を散策した時に参拝しました。大きな朱塗りの仁王門が参拝者を迎えてくれます。入口付近は工事中でした。本堂、愛染堂も朱塗と金箔の美しい建物でした。又境内には水戸黄門の石像もありました(格さん、助さんと共に)。近くには、回天神社、水戸市指定史跡である常磐共有墓地(格さんの墓...

  • Kukyoji Temple
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    Ibaraki Joso-shi Toyookamachi Ko 1

    立派で歴史を感じる古刹です 入口の前の道は思ったより狭い道で駐車場に車を止めました。広い境内には新築された本堂、経蔵、真新しい開山堂、薬師堂などが並んでいます。薬師堂の中には仏像が見えました。千姫の墓所があるこどで有名ですが、他にもなにやら由緒ある墓所が並ぶのをみると昔から大きなお寺だったと思われます。千姫ゆかりのためか本堂には葵の紋が見られます。

  • Gionji Temple
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Hachimancho 11-69

    しっとりとした雰囲気が魅力的なお寺です。すぐ隣が墓地なのですが、これまた結構な古さの暮石があちこちにあり興味深かったです。

  • Yakuoin Temple
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Motoyoshidacho

    いつ行っても、それぞれの季節ごとに美しい風景が楽しめます。なんとなく京都の寺院みたいに優雅な雰囲気のお寺です。

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Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.

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