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Chion-in (Head temple of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect) Daigo-ji; Daikaku-ji; Daitoku-ji; Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (Head temple of the Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū) Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) Higashi-Honganji (Head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch within the Jōdo Shinshū school) Kinkaku-ji (Rokuonji, Deer Garden Temple, Temple of the ...
The Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato (大和十三仏霊場, Yamato jūsan butsu reijō) are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Nara Prefecture. Yamato was a former province of Japan corresponding to today's Nara Prefecture. The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism.
A torii at the entrance of Shitennō-ji, a Buddhist temple in Osaka. In Japan, Buddhist temples co-exist with Shinto shrines and both share the basic features of Japanese traditional architecture. [3] Both torii and rōmon mark the entrance to a shrine, as well as to temples, although torii is associated with Shinto and rōmon with Buddhism.
Established in 1998, the Japan branch of this Theravada Buddhist temple is the largest Thai temple in Japan, covering an area of approximately 2,000 tsubo (8,000 m2). It serves as the center of Theravada Buddhist beliefs for Thai residents in the Greater Tokyo Area and Japan. [ 4 ]
Daitoku-ji (大徳寺, the ‘temple of Great Virtue’) [1] is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" by which it is known is Ryūhōzan (龍宝山). The Daitoku-ji temple complex today covers more than 23 hectares (57 acres). [2]
In Japan, a "Gokaihi" (御開扉, English: "Sacred Opening of Doors") is a ceremonial rite that exposes a particular sacred Buddhist image that is hidden and revered in a particular religion or sect. In Nichiren Shoshu ritual practices, this refers to the ceremonial audience with the Dai Gohonzon officiated by the High Priest granted to Hokkeko ...
Narita-san (成田山 "Narita mountain") Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 "New victory temple") is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan.It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi.
Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for hatsumōde (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year). In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in hatsumōde here, the third largest figure in Japan and the largest in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2016, the temple made preparations to receive 3 million visitors over the same period. [2]