Temple Spots in Oi River / Yaizu / Kakegawa Area

  • Hattasan Soneiji Temple
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    4.0
    112 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Fukuroishi Toyosawa 2777
    This temple is a part of the Koyasan Shingon Sect temples and its primary object of worship is Shokannon or Avalokitesvara?. The temple was established by Gyoki in 725 AD with the ascension of Emperor Shomu and the current main-hall was rebuilt in 1983. Kannon is known to ward off evil and the temple is famous for their warding dumplings. The harvest festival, which occurs on January 7th, has been designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Shizuoka Prefecture.

    お盆の帰省ラッシュの中、お盆休みの締めくくりで、法多山と掛川城まで行くことになりました。昼過ぎ自宅を出発、新東名新清水ICから、東名高速を乗り継いで、法多山...

  • Kasuisai Temple
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    4.0
    70 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Fukuroi-shi Kuno 2915-1
    "An old temple established in 1401. The total area of the temple is about 331,000 square meters. It is famous as a flower temple, since you can see peony in spring, heron in summer, and bright autumn leaves in fall. During the ""Kasuisai Hina Matsuri"" which takes place from New Year's Day to the end of March, roughly 1,200 dolls decorate 32 levels-among the most levels in Japan. It is the top place for pursuing Zen in Tokaido, and even now, many priests are training here as a specialized monastery in the Soto sect."

    This temple was by far the best and most interesting temple that we visited. The tour of the temple by a student Buddhist monk was excellent. She was extremely informative and interesting and her...

  • Gyokoji Temple
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Iwata-shi Ikeda 330
    "This old temple is known as a great place for wisteria. Known casually as ""Yuya Temple"", it has a deep relationship with Yuya Gozen, adored by Taira no Munemori, son of Taira no Kiyomori. Appearing in the Noh song ""Yuya"" and in the Tale of the Heike, Yuya Gozen offered a prayer for her mother and then planted what is said to be ""Nagafuji"", which is estimated to be 800 years old and has become a source of fame. With bunches of flowers over one meter, the blooming of this outstanding Nagafuji is an awe-inspiring sight. Around the peak season from mid-April to early May, many tourists visit to get a look at ""Yuya no Nagafuji"" and the 17 wisteria trees here."

    「熊野の長藤」で有名な お寺です。 天気が良かったので、長藤を観てきました。 ココの長藤の推定樹齢は八百年で、国と県の天然記念物に指定されているそうです。 藤棚の下を歩くと 藤の花の ほのかなかおりに包まれます。

  • Sotoshu Daikakuji Zenshuin Temple
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Yaidushi Daikakuji 1-19
    This temple in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture enshrines Japan's largest thousand-armed Kannon statue. The temple was founded in the year 850 with a statue of the Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha) created by the Buddhist monk Kukai as the principle object of worship. Visitors can try their hand at sutra copying or seated meditation. The temple also offers a rest area where visitors can enjoy a cup of hot amazake in the winter or iced tea in warmer months.

    日本一の千手観音があるお寺です。京都三十三間堂千手観音以来、750年ぶりに造仏されたそうです。高さが7メートル近くも有り、とにかく大迫力。必見だと思います。

  • Sekiunin Temple
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    10 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Makinohara Sakaguchi 1251
    The temple was built in 1455, the first year of the Muromachi period (1336-1573), as a family temple of the Katsumada clan, whose main domain was the Katsumada River valley, and features many buildings with excellent architectural and carving techniques, including the temple gate, the main gate, the stonework of the approach and the waterfall at the Ryumon gate. Fuji Shizuoka Airport and the surrounding tea plantations can be seen from the top of the mountain behind the temple.

    静岡空港の石雲院展望台の横、森の中の歩道を下っていくと、境内に通じます。山門はを彩色はありませんが、東照宮の陽明門がモデルだそうです。

  • Koshoji Temple (Kikyoji Temple)
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shuchigunmorimachi Kusagaya 968
    This temple in Mori-Machi, Shuchi County, Shizuoka Prefecture enshrines the Avalokitesvara, Sho Kanzeon Bosatsu (Kannon) . It is the 32nd stop on the 33 Kannon Temples of Enshu (Current Shizuoka Prefecture) pilgrimage as is famous as one of the top three bellflower temples of Japan. Every year around June around 40,000 bellflowers bloom on the temple grounds, drawing large numbers of visitors.

    本堂前の参道には鉢植えの蓮が並んています。花蓮の小径です。 ききょう園は山門の左側に入り口があり、本堂の裏山まで散策ができます。 裏山には展望エリアがあったり、あじさいが咲いていたりします。 大きな数珠、小さな地蔵、ステンドグラスのような屏風などの装飾も多く楽しめますよ。 ききょう園は有料です。

  • Gokuraku Temple
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shuchigunmorimachi Ichimiya 5709
    This temple in Shuchi County, Shizuoka Prefecture is dedicated to the Amitabha. It is the thirty-third temple on the pilgrimage of the Thirty-three Kannon Temples of Enshu Province. Also known by the nickname Ajisai-dera (hydrangea temple), the temple is famous for its some 13,000 bigleaf hydrangea. Many people visit the temple during the peak bloom season, which is from June to around July each year.

    三国神社参拝の後、車を走行中、極楽寺の案内に導かれ、初めて参拝しました。紫陽花の咲く時期ではないが、鎌倉の寺のように、紫陽花の時期には、観光客が沢山、来訪するそうです。小生の家でも、三十本位紫陽花を植えたが、邪魔になって撤去しまったので、紫陽花の咲く時期に、何が何でも来なければならないという拘りもないので、境内をゆっくりと散策出来ました、観光客には、紫陽花の咲く六月頃こられれば、ベストだと思います...

  • Sankouji Temple
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shimada-shi Kawanecho Ieyama 823
    "An old temple said to have been opened by Muso Kokushi in 1346. The current main hall was built from 1789 to 1801, and it stores temple treasures such as the ""Shihon Bokusho Daihannyakyo Roppyakukan"" said to have been transcribed 620 years before, and a Keisu (metal bowl) said to be left behind by Takeda Shingen. There is a tale of this temple that in older times, a single leg came floating down the Ieyama River, and the priest fervently condoled this leg, thereby healing the soul of the owner. That's why it's said that if you make a supplication to an ""Ashi jizo"" in the precinct, you wish will be granted regarding any leg ailment. It is also famous for having an array of old cedar trees over 200 years old in the vast precinct."

    家山駅からも近い曹洞宗のお寺です。西国三十三霊場を模した遊歩道が境内にあります。その中で珍しい足のお地蔵様があります。

  • Heidenji Temple
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    2 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Makinohara Oe 459
    The present main hall was rebuilt in 1786 by Tanuma Iiji, lord of the Sagara domain, after being destroyed by fire at the end of the Warring States period. The Imperial Edict, designated as a National Treasure, is not open to the public, but a replica can be seen at the Makinohara City Archives, a five-minute drive away.

    臨済宗吸江山平田寺です。宝物館が有名で、本殿の位牌堂が立派です。お墓参りに行くといつも感じますが、モダンなデザインのお墓も多いです。

  • Oshokyoin Temple
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Kikugawa-shi Nakauchida 915
    The temple was originally a Tendai sect temple, but was founded by Honen, a disciple of Koen Acharya, with whom it is related, and is now a Pure Land sect temple. It is the family temple of Kouen Acharya and Suiko Jizo, and is also one of the Twelve Sacred Sites of the Twelve Zodiac Signs of the Omi Region.

    静岡県菊川市にある浄土宗の寺院です。 子授け、縁結び・夫婦円満などにご利益があり、写真の山門は、国指定重要文化財となっているそうです。山門は2代将軍・徳川秀忠が亡くなった母の供養にするため静岡市の宝台院に建設させた大門だそうです。その後、應聲教院に移築されたそうです。 駐車場(無料)もあります。

  • Tentokuji Temple
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shimada-shi Okusa 911
    The temple is an old temple of the Soto sect, said to have been founded in 1390 (the first year of Meitoku). The present building was rebuilt in 1889 (Meiji 22), and the four-legged wooden gate with a gabled gable gable structure in the Japanese style has been designated as a prefectural cultural property because it retains the characteristics of the early Edo period.

    島田市の山間部入口にある緑に囲まれた名刹です。手入れが行き届いた庭も見どころです。本堂もすごく立派なたたずまいです。緑の山々が迫るように本堂が建っていますから本堂が圧巻に感じますね!駐車場も広くて車がおすすめです!

  • Yusanji Temple
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    Shizuoka Fukuroi-shi Muramatsu 1
    "A temple in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a temple of the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is dedicated to Yakushinyorai (Bhaisajyaguru). It is said that the temple was built by Gyoki in 701 and was named ""Yusanji (oil mountain temple)"" because oil sprung forth. It is also famous as a great place for healing eye disease and a great place for autumn leaves. The kitchen of the mail hall, the three-story tower, and the sanmon gate are nationally designated Important Cultural Properties."
  • Kyuenji Temple
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    Shizuoka Kakegawa-shi Sayoshika 291
    This temple is about a 25-minute drive from Kakegawa Station. It is located halfway up Saya-no-Nakayama Pass on the left heading northeast along the Tokaido road from the Ichirizuka distance marker. The entire temple grounds have been designated as a cultural property of the city. Legend has it that the spirit of an expecting mother murdered by bandits while climbing the pass on her way to pray for safe childbirth at the temple possessed a stone and began to cry in order to save her baby, who had been born through the place she had been cut. A stone similar in appearance to the crying stone of the legend has been installed on the temple grounds. Visitors can also see the site of the tea house where Yamauchi Kazutoyo entertained the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu before he left to subjugate the Uesugi Clan. They can also see the Japanese white pine planted by Ieyasu at this time.
  • Eihoji Temple
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    Shizuoka Kikugawa-shi Nishikata 6748-1
    "It is a Shingon sect temple and a yamabushi temple located on the banks of a pond, and its most unique feature is a single-seater ropeway called ""Noaru"" that leads to the opposite shore of Shimoike, one of the three ponds. The temple is also the 27th temple of the 33 sacred places of the Kannon Sacred Shrine of the Goddess of Mercy in Omi."
  • Mt. Chiba Chimanji Temple
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    Shizuoka Shimada-shi Chiba 254
    "An old temple of the Tendai sect which has Hieizan Enryakuji Temple as its main temple. In the middle of Mt. Chibasan overlooking Suruga Bay and the Shida Plains in the south, a Senju Kannon Bosatsu known as the Kannon of advancement and good luck and a seated figure of Ganzan Daishi indicating the Ryogen during the Mt. Hieizan revival. It was founded in ancient days, back in 771, and it was firmly protected by Minamoto no Yoritomo and Imagawa, protective samurai of Suruga, and Tokugawa. On January 7th each year, an ""oni-barai"" is performed out of hopes to dispel bad luck and avoid disease and disaster for the year."
  • Yusanji Temple
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    4.0
    51 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Fukuroi-shi Muramatsu 1

    Yusanji Temple is located in the mountain area. It is believed that this temple helps you to improve the situation of your eyes, the diseases, ability and the like. The gate of this temple looks...

  • Daitoin Temple
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    23 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shuchi-gun Morimachi Tachibana 249

    秋の紅葉と、浪曲で知られる森の石松のお墓があることで有名なお寺です。2月には訪れる人もまばら、静かに散策できました。境内の梅が咲き始めで芳香を漂わせていました。商売繁盛や勝負運のためと言って、石松の墓石が削られて持ち帰られ墓石自体小さくなった、との解説には少し驚きました。

  • Kiyomizudera Temple
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Fujieda Ichihara 6-1

    新東名と藤枝バイパスに挟まれた山には本堂や大師堂や観音堂をはじめ、鐘楼堂や山門があり、広大な境内を構成しています。大師堂は清水の舞台と呼ばれ、あの清水寺を模している。

  • Honshoji Temple
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Kakegawa-shi Kawakubo 8

    お花の管理料として300円をお支払。 6月終わり、紫陽花はもう終わりかけでした。 もう少し早ければ斜面に咲き揃う色とりどりの紫陽花がもっと楽しめたかと思います。 しっとりした雨が似合う素敵なお寺でした。

  • Rengeji Temple
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    3.0
    8 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shuchi-gun Morimachi Mori 2144

    小國神社に参拝の後、お寺に寄ろうと思い、検索すると当該寺がヒットす。天台宗のお寺さんです。参拝者もなく境内を散策する。一応管理されているが、萩の木が3000株植えられており、別名萩の寺””といわれ、秋ごろ、萩の花がみどころという。

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With the giant Pacific Ocean to the south and the great Mount Fuji to the north, Shizuoka prefecture is blessed with some of the best views the country has to offer. The white sand beaches of the Izu Peninsula are a rare find on mainland Japan, neighbored by beautiful cliffs, tumbling hills, and natural hot springs. As Japan’s largest producer of green tea, the age-old tradition of tea drinking is ubiquitous in Shizuoka, from the miles of tea fields to the old tea houses hosting traditional tea ceremonies.

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