Yakuo-ji Temple

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The Yakuo-ji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple located in Okugawauchi, Minami-cho, Tokushima Prefecture. It is the 23rd temple visited on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage; the temple’s formal name is Iozan Muryoju-in. According to legend, the temple was founded in 726 by the Buddhist monk Gyoki on the orders of the Emperor Shomu. The main object of veneration at the Yakuo-ji Temple is a statue of the Yakushi Nyorai Buddha (Medicine Buddha), and praying at the temple is believed to be very effective at warding off evil. The main hall is reached by two flights of stone steps: the Onna-yaku Zaka (33 steps) and the Otoko-yaku Zaka (42 steps). Further on, the Yugi-to pagoda houses an exhibition room and observation platform; downstairs, pilgrims worship by walking round the Yakushiji Sanzon (a triad of three Buddha statues).

Spot details

Address: Tokushima Pref. Kaifugunminamichou Okugawauchi Teramae 285-1 Map
Area: Around Hiwasa Area
Phone: 0884770023
Hours: [Temple office] 7:00-17:00
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Worship fee] Free
Parking Lot: Available(350spaces)
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Available (Available only at the ashtray location)
Wi-Fi: Available(Tokushima)
Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day: Yes
Average budget: [Lunch] 1,001-3,000yen
Estimated stay time: 30-60 minutes
Wheelchair accessible: Available
Infant friendly: Available
Pet friendly: Available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

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Review

A temple with something different to offer

Reviewed : 2014.08.17

If you had visited others temple before this one has something new to offer! Apart from the huge red pilar that can be seen from a long distance, you have in the inside of that pilar an interesting...
個人で参拝すると印象も異なりました。

Reviewed : 2023.12.08

久し振りに参拝したのですが、前回はお遍路ツアーバスだった為、国道に面して直ぐに境内は広がっているのには驚きました。斜面に建物がある為、仁王門から本堂方面には急坂や石段を上がって行く必要がありました。その石段には「女厄坂」・「男厄坂」とありそれぞれ33段・42段と上がって本堂正面に到着しました。少し高台になっている為、境内から海方面に眺望が開けており暫く景色を眺めて行く事が出来ました。
徳島有数の著名寺院です。

Reviewed : 2023.04.27

なかなか立派な遍路寺です。開創１３００年に及ぶ寺院の縁起だけではなくて、関わっていた人物も聖徳太子の勅願で行基菩薩が建立し、そこへ空海・弘法大師が平城天皇の勅令で本尊、厄除薬師如来像を刻んで厄除の根本祈願寺とした、と云う、仏教界の当初の偉人が総出演で成した寺院です。これだけ役者が揃っている寺院は全国広と云えどもそうは無い、昔から全国区で厄除に人が訪れたのも理解は出来る。堂塔そのものは何度も戦火に遭...