Temple Spots in Osaka Area

  • Hozen-ji Temple
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    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 1-2-16
    Hozen-ji Temple is a Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhist temple in Osaka City that is famous for the moss-covered statue of the deity Fudo that worshippers pour water over. The Temple is said to have originally been located in Kitayama Village, Uji District, before being moved to its present site in 1637. Within the Temple, there is a statue of Nishimuki Fudo-son (Aryacanalatha) and a hall dedicated to Konpira (Kumbhira, the guardian deity of seafarers); the Temple is often filled with the scent of the incense sticks offered by worshippers. It is believed that pouring water over the moss-covered statue of Nishimuki Fudo-son can bring a wide range of benefits for the worshippers, including success in business or in love, and as a result the Temple is visited by many local shopkeepers, and by many tourists.

    Had I not been with a local, I would never have found this. Located in a back alley around the Dotonbori area. We went early in the day, when it was quiet. Small and peaceful. You need maybe 5...

  • Katsuo-ji Temple
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    Katsuoji Temple in Minoo City, Osaka
    This temple in Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture is devoted to Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, and is said to have been founded by Fujihara no Munetada’s sons Zenchu and Zensan when they built thatched huts here in 727. It is famous as the “temple of luck” and the “temple of the darumas of victory.” Many people travel here from all over the country to pray for luck, and those whose prayers are granted donate daruma dolls, which line shelves and various spots throughout the temple. The large site is famous for its cherry blossoms, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and fall foliage. Many visitors come during hydrangea season (from the beginning of June until mid-July) and fall foliage season.

    Easily one of my favorite temples in Japan. If you have a spare day in Osaka and you would like to escape from crowds, have a nice walk around the Temple located in the mountains - Katsuo-ji is...

  • Tsuyu no Tenjinsha (Ohaatsu Tenjin) Shrine
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    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezaki 2-5-4
    The Tsuyu no Tenjinsha Shrine, which is located in the middle of a bustling area of Kita Ward, Osaka City, is reputed to have been built around the year 700. The Bunraku puppet drama “Sonezaki Shinju” was written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon about a tragic double suicide that occurred within the Shrine in 1703; as the name of the heroine of this drama was Ohatsu, the Shrine is now commonly referred to as the “Ohatsu Tenjin.” The Shrine is believed to be a good place to pray for success in business, safe journeys, or a good marriage, and as result it receives a large number of worshippers every day, particularly local shopkeepers and women. A flea market is held here on the first Friday of every month, and the Shrine is famous for its annual festival held in July each year.

    Tsuyuten shrine (Ohatsu-Tenjin) is a hidden spot located between buildings and built 1,300 years ago. It’s a historical and typical architecture of Japanese shrine. We were there without any plan...

  • Taiyuji Temple
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    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Taiyujichou 3-7
    This Koyasan Shingon sect temple is a ten-minute walk from JR Osaka Station. It was constructed by Kobo Daishi in accordance with Emperor Saga's imperial prayer in the year 821. The principal Buddhist icon, the thousand-armed Kannon-bosatsu enshrined here, was a gift from Emperor Saga. The temple was razed in both the summer campaign of the Siege of Osaka, in 1615, and in the air raids of Osaka in 1945. After the war, the temple was rebuilt with the exception of the thousand-armed Kannon-bosatsu, which had escaped the flames. Acala 'The Immovable', enshrined in the Ichigan Hall, is also referred to as the one immovable prayer, and many people come to the hall to pray for world peace. Every year, on May 28th, practitioners of Shugen-do hold a unique festival, in which a fire-offering is made.

    I stepped out of Higashi-Umeda Station Exit No.4, and walked through a narrow watering-hole alley east. I went under an elevted highway. After a couple of blocks, I found Taiyu-ji Temple on my...

  • Sojiji Temple
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    Osaka Ibarakishi Soujiji 1-6-1
    Sojiji Temple is a Koyasan Shingon sect temple, and is the twenty-second temple of the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, located five minutes' walk from Soji-ji Station. It is the sixth boke-fuji Kinki Juraku Kannon sacred site, and the Boke-fuji Fuhi-Kannon is enshrined here. The founder of the temple, Fujiwara no Yamakage, was also the founder of Shijoryu Hochodo (a school of Japanese cuisine), and a kitchen knife festival is held here every year on April 18th. The temple's principal object of worship, the thousand-armed Kannon, is distinctive in that it stands on the back of a turtle. According to legend, Yamakage's father, Takafusa once saved a turtle from some fishermen, and later, when Yamakage fell into a river, the same turtle saved him in return.

    大阪の茨木市にある、西国三十三所22番札所です。境内は、無料で落ち着いた雰囲気です。また、併設されているレストランポタラは、味良し、雰囲気良し、値段良しです。

  • Fujii-dera Temple
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    59 Reviews
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    Osaka Fujiderashi Fujidera 1-16-21
    Located five minutes from Fujii-dera Interchange, in Fujii-dera 1 Chome, this temple, belonging to the Omuro school of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, is the fifth temple of the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. The temple was established by Gyoki in accordance with Emperor Shomu's imperial prayer, in the year 725. The main hall, where the national treasure, the thousand-armed Kannon is enshrined, also incorporates struts called kaerumata and lavish carvings in its construction. The wood carvings adorning the traditional gable roof are intimidating, and the four-pillared temple gate (the West Gate) is also an Important Cultural Property. It was built by order of Toyotomi Hideyori, in the Momoyama Period. Fujii-dera Temple has also been famous for over a thousand years for the Wisteria flowers that continue to bloom here, and during full bloom, their purple blossoms flutter in the wind.

    西国三十三ケ所を巡る中で行ってきました。 ちょうど「藤まつり」というイベントが行われている最中で、境内の藤棚を写真に収めている参拝客が多かったです。中でも白色の藤はお天気が良かったこともあって、風に揺られて陽に透けるような美しさがとても見ごたえがありました。 一部のお堂(だと思います)は改修中で、そのお堂に使われるのかどうかは分かりませんが、屋根の瓦に願い事を書いて納めるというものがありました(3...

  • Nose Myokenzan (Nose Myokenzan, External Buddha Halls, Murosan Shinnyoji Temple)
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    Osaka Toyono-gun Nosecho Nomanaka 661
    This is a Nichiren sect sacred site on the top of Mt. Myoken. It is also the holy ground for the faith of the northern star that worships the Myoken Bosatsu (Myoken Bodhisattva), known as the god of martial arts and performing arts, and shows that path that people should take. Myokendo Hall is in the precinct and it is filled with visitors gathering for prayer meetings and bon fire festivals. Visitors can experience sutra copying any time to reflect on themselves and there is also a sutra drawing copying experience for children. The beech tree forest of Mt. Myoken from 10,000 years ago is registered as a National Treasure and is famous as a hiking route which can be enjoyed in the four seasons.

    ケーブルカー、リフトの乗り継いでからも、結構歩きました。この時期ですから、汗だくでした。でも、山の中のお寺、なんか涼しくで有り難い気持ちになれました。

  • Mizumadera Temple
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    Osaka Kaidukashi Mizuma 638
    This temple is located in Mizuma, Kaizuka City. While it is commonly called Mizuma Kannon, its official name is Mizuma-dera Temple. According to legend, the temple was built by Gyoki, on Emperor Shomu's orders. The temple's name comes from the meeting of the Kogi River, flowing down from Mt. Katsuragi, and the Kibitani tributary River. The current main hall was rebuilt in 1811, with the temple having been razed multiple times by the fires of war. The principle object of worship in the temple is a Kannon that drives away misfortune. The Shogatsu Hoe and Senbon Mochitsuki festivals, which are held every New Year, are designated Intangible Cultural Properties of Kaizuka City.

    南海電車の貝塚駅から水間鉄道に乗り換え、終点で降りる。奈良時代に行基が創建したという由緒のある寺。瀧から仙人が現れて聖観音菩薩を行基に渡したという伝説がある。寺の周囲に塀がないので開放的でいい。

  • Kanshinji Temple
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    4.5
    38 Reviews
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    Osaka Kawachinaganoshi Teramoto 475
    This temple is located in Teramoto, Nagano City. It was originally called Unshinji, when En no Ozunu built it in the year 701. Kukai visited this temple at the beginning of the Heian period, and when he visited again in 815, he named it Kanshinji. It is said, that this is when the Nyoirin Kannon carving, a Buddhist statue rarely shown to the public, which Kukai made with his own hands, was designated as a National Treasure. Kondo, which is also a National Treasure, is the oldest designated national treasure in the prefecture of Osaka. The temple is also famous for its Cherry blossoms and Autumn leaves, and has been selected as a natural landmark in the prefecture's top 100 natural places in Osaka.

    観心寺は上記の通り楠木正成にゆかりのある歴史ある寺院でもあり、楠木正成の首塚が祭られている。しかしそればかりではなく、じつは後村上天皇陵もここ観心寺にあるのだから驚きだ。 観心寺には勇ましい楠木正成の像がある。楠木正成は観心寺にゆかりがあり、湊川の戦で討ち死にしたが、この観心寺の建掛塔を三重塔に建立中だったときだったのだ。残念ながら建掛塔は途中で中断したため現在の姿になったが、こうしたゆかりもある...

  • Minoo San Taki Atera
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    57 Reviews
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    Osaka Minoo-shi Minookouen 2-23

    Good stop along Mino Park. Can make a wish on a paper or wood piece to be tied at the temple by donating a small amount.

  • Minami Mido, Shinshu Otani Nanba branch
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    41 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Kyutaromachi 4-1-11

    「大阪エクセルホテル東急」に泊まったので、静まり返った夜の境内を訪れることが出来ました。 大阪の目抜き通り「御堂筋」に面しているとは思えないほど静謐でした。

  • Kyuan-ji Temple
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    25 Reviews
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    Osaka Ikedashi Fushiochou 697
    This is a temple located near the Satsukiyama Park. The temple is also called the Temple of Flowers and visitors can enjoy seeing peony in spring, hydrangeas in summer, colored leaves in the autumn, and plum blossoms in the winter. The Romon (two storied gate) with a graceful curved roof is said to have been built in 1145. This gate, considered as an Important Cultural Property, has a Vajradhara that welcomes the visitors. It is also said the old zelkova tree was planted in commemoration of a moon viewing gathering held in the mountain shaped like Sanskrit characters by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the temple grounds. The main temple that enshrines the Senju Kannon (Thousand Armed Bodhisattva) is known for making a connection with Buddha, safe delivery of babies, studying, and prosperous business. The temple also hosts Buddhist weddings.

    アジサイの時期にいきましたが、枯れ始めの時期で時期が悪かったです。 紅葉の時期もきっと綺麗だろうなと思います!

  • Senkoji Temple
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    Osaka Osakashi Hirano-ku Hiranohonmachi 4-12-21
    "Senkoji Temple is about a five-minute walk from the south exit of JR Hirano Station. It is considered one of the 13sacred Buddhist sites of Osaka and one of the 88 sacred sites of the former province of Settsu. Its beginnings date back about 1400 years, when Prince Shotoku Taishi built a small temple and installed a statue of YakushiNyorai (the bodhisattva of healing). The main buildings, dedicated to YakushiNyorai, are in the center of the temple grounds. This temple is also famous for its Jigokudo, a hall where visitors can supposedly experience hell. At the entrance, they check to see to what degree they merit paradise or hell, and see a fearsome statue of Enma- Daio, the kind of hell. The Machigurumi (""Entire Town"") Museum and the Dagashi-ya San (""Cheap Candy Store"") Museum are also on the temple grounds."

    A small shrine where you can have a good picture of both hell and heaven with an interesting and interactive area for people to play and understand the story. I like the place where it connected to...

  • Kabusanji Temple
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    23 Reviews
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    Osaka Takatsukishi Hara 3301-1
    "This Tendai sect temple located in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture was opened by En no Gyoja in 697. As the first sacred placed where Bishamonten (guardian god of Buddhism) was enshrined in Japan, its principle images are three Bishamonten figures. The sitting Amida buddha figure and both Kannon figures enshrined in the main hall have all been designated nationally important cultural properties. At Kejo-in Temple, the ""Bishamonten Fudo Goma Ritual,"" the continuous burning of wood to invoke divine help, is conducted every day without fail. In addition, surrounded by mountains full of nature, many worshipers visit every year as a place to enjoy fresh greenery in the spring and the changing leaves in autumn."

    We visited this beautiful, secluded temple on a Monday afternoon in December at the end of the autumn leaves season. The complex consists of a dozen or so buildings in addition to the temple itself...

  • Shitenno-ji Temple (Head Temple of the Wa School of Buddhism)
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    Osaka Osakashi Tennouji-ku Shitennouji 1-11-18
    The Shitenno-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Osaka City. Founded by Prince Shotoku in 593, it is the oldest officially-sanctioned Buddhist temple in Japan. The Temple is laid out in the most ancient Japanese temple architecture style, with the Chu-mon gate, Five-storeyed Pagoda, Kon-do hall and Lecture hall arranged in a straight line running north to south, encircled by a long corridor. The Temple’s stone Torii gateway is said to be the entrance to the Pure Land (also known as the Western Paradise), and is designated as an Important Cultural Property; this gateway was rebuilt in 1294. The Shitenno-ji Temple is famous for the “Doya-doya” Buddhist memorial service which is held there on January 14th every year.
  • Aizendo Shomanin Temple
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    38 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Tennoji-ku Yuhigaokacho 5-36
    "This Buddhist temple is located close to Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station in Yuhigaoka-cho, Tennoji Ward, Osaka City. Founded in 593 by Prince Shotoku, the prince is said to have read the Srimaladevi Simhanada Sutra to the common people and the temple enshrines a Srimala statue. A statue of Ragaraja, known as Aizen Myo'o in Japanese, was later enshrined in the main temple hall, and thus the temple is also nicknamed the ""Aizen-do"" and is believed to grant worshippers luck in finding love and marriage. The temple's two tier pagoda, rebuilt thanks to the mighty samurai lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. There is also a sacred tree on the grounds said to provide luck in love which served as the model for Matsutaro Kawaguchi's novel ""Aizen Katsura."""

    愛染堂勝鬘院の本堂の裏には、大阪市内で最も古い木造建築物と言われる多宝塔。境内には映画で有名な愛染桂の木などがあります。

  • Dainenbutsu-ji Temple
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    Osaka Osakashi Hirano-ku Hiranouemachi 1-7-26
    This is the head temple of the Nembutsu faith Yuzu Nembutsu sect that spread in the late Heian period, located a five-minute walk to the south of Hirano Station. The temple originated when the Ryonin Priest received an order from Prince Shotoku and built a Nemoto Dojo-seminary. The Sanmon (Temple gate) built in the early Edo period in front of the temple was designated as Osaka City's Tangible Cultural Property in 2006. The Hondo (Main Hall), reconstructed in 1938 which you can see as you pass through the gate, is made of zelkova wood with copper roofing. This is also the largest wooden building in Osaka Prefecture. In addition, this building was registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of the country in 2003.

    2021年4月に参拝するも 新型コロナ感染予防の視点から [本堂]内に上がれず、2023年1月1日に再度 参拝しました。今回[本堂]内に初めて上がりましたが 堂内周囲を囲む大きな数珠がありました。お聞きすると 三長斎月(1月 5月 9月)の16日に[融通念仏会...

  • Shinganji Temple
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    34 Reviews
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    Osaka Osakashi Tennouji-ku Esashimachi 2-22
    Shrine in Saishoyama Park located where Sanada Maru, a small fort of Osaka Castle, once stood. Built by the Shigeno clan, a descendent of the Sanada clan, during the Edo period as a memorial for Sanada Yukimura and his son, Daisuke. While the struggling Tokugawa clan did not allow placement of a gravestone, it was finally erected on the 400th anniversary of his death in 2014. The gate is adorned with the six coin Sanada family crest and the grounds are decorated with red banners. Gravesites for the Kyoto Mimawarigumisho (special patrol branch) and Mannaoshi Jizou statues who mend evil connections are found on the grounds.

    玉造稲荷神社の見学後に三光神社やその周辺を散策している時に立ち寄りました。山門脇に真田幸村出丸城跡の碑があるように、大阪冬の陣の陣地跡だった場所です。本堂などはそんなに特徴的でもないので、あくまで真田幸村とのゆかりを感じる場所かなという印象です。

  • Mt.Amano Kongoji Temple
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    Osaka Kawachinagano-shi Amanocho 996
    A Buddhist temple located in Amano-cho, Kawachinagano City. Records state the shrine was founded by the priest Gyoki on the order of Emperor Shomu in the Nara period, and this holy place is also believed to have been used by the great monk Kobo Daishi for training in the Heian period. The temple is in position of 37 designated Important Cultural Properties and four National Treasures, including a statue of Vairocana representing the mandala which is the temple's principal object of worship, a statue of Acala, and a statue of Trailokyavijaya.

    こちらは[本坊]と[庭園]で構成され 両方を鑑賞しようとすると 2時間程度は少なくとも必要なので 時間的余裕を持って来訪する必要があります。今回 令和2年(2020)からの [庭園]側にある [大玄関]の修復が完了していていると聞き 2023年3月19日訪問すると、[本坊]境内の《しだれ桜》が見事に咲き 春感をタップリ楽しめました。なお 通常は[金堂]内に安置されている三尊像[大日如来坐像、不動...

  • Myokokuji Temple
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    Osaka Sakai-shi Sakai-ku Zaimokucho Higashi 4-1-4
    A Buddhist temple located in Zaimokuchohigashi, Sakai Ward, Sakai City. The temple is believed to have been founded by Nichiren monk Nichiko in 1562. A large sago palm growing on the grounds is over 1,100 years old and has been designated a National Natural Monument; one legend connects the palm to the powerful samurai lord Oda Nobunaga. The strolling rock garden built around the palm is also a highlight. In addition, the temple is known as the site where 11 samurai from Tosa Domain committed seppuku after the Sakai incident at the end of the Edo period.

    《蘇鉄枯山水庭園》《史料館》は写真撮影禁止なのが残念ですが 《蘇鉄枯山水庭園》に 大井川 富士山 富士川を表現している為 徳川家康が喜んだとの話は 実際に鑑賞すると納得です。又 《史料館》内部に 豊臣秀吉や織田信長が残した品々に驚き 堺事件(土佐十一烈士)に関しては こちらを訪問し 初めて知りましたが 遺品や辞世の句は 心に響くものがありました。 こちらは《蘇鉄枯山水庭園》《史料館》を実際に触れな...

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