Gokurakuji Temple
The Gokurakuji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple located in the Oasa-cho Hinoki district of Naruto City; legend has it that the Gokurakuji Temple was founded by the bodhisattva Gyoki during the Konin era (810–824). The temple’s formal name is Nissho-san Muryoju-in. The Gokurakuji Temple is the second temple visited on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. Famous sights inside the Temple complex include a beautiful Japanese garden built to evoke the Pure Land (Buddhist heaven), a Buddha statue praying to which is believed to ensure safe and trouble-free childbirth, and the Cedar of Longevity, which is said to have been planted by Kobo Daishi.
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- Address
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Tokushima Pref. Narutoshi Oasachouhinoki Dan'no on 12
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- Phone
- 0886891112
- Hours
- [Payment] 7:00-17:00
- Closed
- open everyday
- Fees
- [Admission fee]Free
- Parking Lot
- Available(30spaces)
- Credit Card
- Not available
Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN
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