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  • Haginotera Tokoin Temple
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
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    Osaka Toyonaka-shi Minami-sakurazuka 1-12-7
    "This Soto Buddhist Bekkaku temple, founded over 1,200 years ago, is today the 12th station on the New Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and is accordingly visited by large numbers of people of all denominations. Known as the ""Haginotera"" (""Bush Clover Temple""), bush clover grows everywhere on the grounds, and in the fall, they explode in a profusion of colorful flowers. The Shuroen (""Bush Clover Dew Garden"") on the temple's grounds, named by the great artist Rosanjin, has been selected for inclusion in the 100 Selections of Osaka Green list."

    東光院萩の寺は735年奈良時代に行基によって開かれた古刹です。梅田・中津から100年ほど前、阪急電鉄の敷設に合わせて現在地・豊中にあった別院に寺基を移転しました。行基が植えた供養花の萩を守り続け古くから萩の寺と呼ばれ、現在も秋には3千株の萩が咲き誇ります。明治に廃寺となった大阪東照宮の唯一の継承寺院であり、数々の本尊をまつります。正岡子規や北大路魯山人も親しく同寺を訪れゆかりの句碑や仏像も建てられ...

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  • Myokokuji Temple
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    3.5
    27 Reviews
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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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  • Hirokawa-dera Temple
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
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    Osaka Minamikawachigunkananchou Hirokawa 43
    This temple located in the Hirokawa area of Kanan-cho is famous as the place where the monk Saigyo ended his life. A famous cherry blossom viewing spot, the famous Suya-zakura (red weeping cherry blossoms) on the grounds have thin trunks and a deep pink dainty appearance when they begin to bloom. The best time to see them is usually from the beginning to end of April. Approx. 1,500 cherry blossoms such as Yoshino cherry blossoms, yae-zakura and weeping cherry blossoms bloom nearby, and the area was chosen as one of Osaka's top 100 green landscapes. The 13th En no Gyoja's sacred site of the Saigoku Yakushi 49 Temple Pilgrimage, possesses items such as a wooden seated statue of a saint who achieved complete emptiness, a prefecture-designated tangible cultural property, and a wooden Kobo Daishi seated statue.

    紅葉がきれいでまるで京都に来ているみたいにゆっくり庭を楽しめました 西行法師ゆかりのお寺でおすすめです

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  • Yachuji Temple
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Osaka Habikino-shi Nonoue 5-9-24
    "A Buddhist temple located in Nonoue 5-Chome, Habikino City. Records state the temple was founded by Soga-no-Umako on the order of Prince Shotoku and thus is also known as the ""Nakano Taishi"" after the prince's Japanese title of ""taishi."" The ruins of an Asuka period temple, including a three tier pagoda and main hall, are located on the grounds, and this has been designated a National Historic Site."

    大阪府羽曳野市にある聖徳太子所縁の高野山真言宗の仏教寺院。 府道堺羽曳野線沿いに建ち、無料駐車場が有ります、入場料も無料です。 非常に歴史の有るお寺で元々は広大な境内だった様ですが、現在はこじんまりとした落ち着いた雰囲気のお寺です。 お寺裏の墓地には、浄瑠璃や歌舞伎で有名な「お染久松」のお墓があります。 国重要文化財の金銅弥勒菩薩半跏像は18日に開帳です。

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  • Naritasan Fudoson Temple
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    Osaka Neyagawashi Naritanishimachi 10-1
    "This Shingon Chisan Buddhist temple is located in Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture. Dedicated to Acala, called ""Fudo Myo'o"" in Japanese, the temple is known as the ""Osaka Narita-san Fudo-son"" and is the 28th station along the Kinki 36 Fudo Temples pilgrimage route. The temple was founded in 1934. Famous as the first temple in Japan where drivers come with their cars to pray for traffic safety, in addition to the temple's main hall, there is also a dedicated traffic safety prayer hall with parking spaces for 100 cars. Each year around New Year's, the temple's front gate is adorned with stunning traditional decorations made from 13-meter-high pine trees still bearing their roots and old plum trees. During the first three days of the new year, the temple welcomes around 750 thousand worshippers."
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  • Horaku-ji Temple
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
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    Osaka Osakashi Higashisumiyoshi-ku Yamasaka 1-18-30
    This temple is a four-minute walk from Minamitanabe Station. It is one of the 36 Fudo Temples in the Kinki Region and is affectionately called Tanabe-no-ofudo-san. Built in 1178, it is said to have originated when Taira no Shigemori placed Minamoto Yoshitomo's sacred personal Buddhist statue at the site. As you walk through the temple gate, the Dainichi Buddha of Kongokai (diamond world of buddha) is enshrined in the three-storied pagoda. On the right, a large 800-year-old camphor tree is standing, creating a calm scenery. In 1978, an original piece of the national treasure, Ao (Blue) Fudo of Shourenin Temple in Kyoto was found here and listed as an Important Cultural Property.

    地下鉄の田辺駅から徒歩5分程です。おおさか十三仏霊場第1番札所です。住宅街にある綺麗なお寺さんで、小さくもなく大きくもなくで参拝しやすかったです。

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  • Sefukuji Temple
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    Osaka Prefecture Izumi City Saioyamacho 136
    "Sefukuji Temple is a Buddhist temple affiliated with the Tendai Sect and located in the city of Izumi. Its nickname is Makiodera ""Yew Plum Pine Temple."" It is said to have been founded during the reign of the 6th century Emperor Kinmeiby the monk Gyoman Shonin. The principal image is f Juichimen Senju SenganKanzeonBosatsu(an eleven-faced, thousand-armed and thousand-eyes statue of Kanzeon).No. fourthtemple of Seigoku33Kannonpilgrimage. Located on the side of Mt. Makio, Sefukuji is known to be difficult to reach, since visitors must access it by a series of steep, stone steps. In former times, it was a place for praying for safe travel by ship and for victory in war. Kobo Daishi, the ninth-century founder of Shingon Buddhism, officially entered the monastic life at a ceremony at this temple. It is famous for its exceptionally scenic surroundings, with views of Mt. Iwawaki to the south, Mt. Kongo to the east, and Osaka Bay to the north. Visitors enjoy viewing cherry blossoms in the spring and brightly colored leaves in autumn."
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  • Jokoji Temple
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Osaka Yao-shi Honmachi 5-8-1
    "This Rinzai Nanzen-ji Buddhist temple is the fifth station of the 13 Buddhist Sites of Osaka. According to records, the ancient temple was founded in the Nara period by the great priest Gyoki at the request of Emperor Shomu. The temple's principal object of worship, nicknamed the ""Yao Jizo (Kshitigarbha),"" has been said to have the miraculous power to grant women safe child birthing since ancient times, and even today many hold unshakeable faith in this statue's power."

    臨済宗南禅寺派で南禅寺塔頭金地院の末寺です。常光寺の地蔵盆で踊られる流し節正調河内音が河内音頭の起源とする説があるとのことです。 立派な三門があり、大阪府八尾市の文化財指定に登録されています。商店街の中に入口があり、入り口は狭いのですが、三門をくぐると境内が広いことにおどろかせられます。

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  • Takidani-fudomyo-ji Temple
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    Osaka Tondabayashishi Ochikata 1762
    This temple, established by Kobo Daishi to pray for the safety and the happiness of the people in 821, is a 15-minute walk fromTakidanifudo Station. The temple is dedicated to Fudo Myo-o Deity and along with the attendants of Kongara-doji and Seitaka-doji, carved with a ritual of bowing three times before carving each part, are registered as National Important Cultural Property. It is also known as the god of the eyes and the prosperous Fudosan, and many people visit the shrine to pray for prosperous business, good luck and road safety on the 28thof each month which is considered as the day of good fortune.
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  • Isshin-ji Temple
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Tennoji-ku Osaka 2-8-69
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  • Eifuku-ji Temple (Tomb of Prince Shotoku)
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    Osaka Minamikawachi-gun Taishicho Taishi 2146
    A Buddhist temple located in Taishi, Taishi Town, Minamikawachi County, Osaka Prefecture. The temple was established to protect the mausoleum where Prince Shotoku; his mother, Princess Anahobe Hashihito; and his wife Kashiwabe no Oiratsume are buried. The temple died out temporarily during the Warring States period but was restored in the Edo period after the Syoryoden was rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyori. The Eifuku-ji Daijyoeshiki ceremony, also known as the Taishi Mairi, is held each year on Aril 11th and 12th.
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  • Enmeiji Temple
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    Kagaoka, Kawachinagano-shi, Osaka Prefecture 492
    This temple is in Nagano, on Kamigaoka Kawachinagano City, and is said to have been founded when Kukai enshrined a Jizo statue there. Later, the temple was abandoned but it was restored as Yakujuyama Enmeiji Temple during the Edo period by local son Jogon. In so doing, the main object of worship became the Nyorin Kannon, now designated an Important Cultural Property. This area is famed as an autumn leaf viewing spot, and was selected one of Osaka's Best Greenery Spots, and the 1000 year old maple Yusho Momiji is designated an Osaka Natural Monuments.
  • Settsunokuni Kokubun-ji Temple
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    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kokubunji 1-6-18
    This is a temple located in front of the Kokubunji Park, approximately a three-minute walk from Tenjinbashi-suji 6-chome Station. The temple was built in 741 and the principal object of worship is Bhaisajyaguru. The official name of the temple is Chokugandojo gokokusan Kokubun-ji Temple, referred to as Nagara no Kokubun-ji Temple, and has been the Chokugan Dojo-seminary for the last 14 emperors. A unique feature of this temple is the serenity of the precinct in the middle of the city. It is one of the 36 Fudo Temples in the Kinki Region and on the left of the temple gate there is a stone statue of Buddha Seki Butsu no Mizu Kake Fudoson and a Minori Fudoson beneath the ginkgo tree behind the Gomado Hall.
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  • Isshinji Temple
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    4.0
    193 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Tennoji-ku Osaka 2-8-69

    This is an oft-overlooked Buddhist temple near Shinsekai. Isshin-ji is not strictly a tourist attraction; most of the visitors are local worshipers. The compound is neat and quaint. Worth a stop when...

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  • Asakusa Kannon Sensoji Temple
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    Osaka Higashiosaka-shi Ajiro 1-3-1
  • Honganji Tsu Mura Betsuin
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    3.5
    47 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Honmachi 4-chome 1-3

    本町近くの御堂筋の西側に面して建っている浄土真宗本願寺派のお寺です。こちらの建物と真宗大谷派難波別院である南御堂を結ぶ参道を御堂筋と呼んだそうで、名前の由来にもなっています。さすがにスケールが大きく、すべてが堂々とした感じでした。

  • Nanshuji Temple
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
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    Osaka Sakai-shi Sakai-ku Minamihatagocho Higashi 3-cho 1-2

    阪堺電軌の御陵前駅から徒歩数分、南海の湊駅からでも徒歩15分程度の場所に建立されている、境内には堺の町を繁栄させた三好一族の供養塔が、また国重要文化財の甘露門と唐門がある。徳川家康が夏の陣で死んだとの伝承があり境内奥には家康の墓がある、元和９年に徳川秀忠が参拝し、家光も同年に詣でたらしい。また堺奉行も就任すると先ずは参拝していたそうだ。真偽は定かではないが歴史浪漫に…それ以外にも千利休一門の供養塔...

  • Shitennoji Temple
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Tennoji-ku Shitennoji 1-chome
  • Eifukuji Temple
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    4.0
    23 Reviews
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    Osaka Minamikawachi-gun Taishicho Taishi 2146

    聖徳太子が生前から自らの墓所と決めていた地の古墳（墓所）です。 622年に母が亡くなり、その2か月後に妃が亡くなり、その翌日に太子は49歳で亡くなったとされます。 この3名が眠る場所としてこの地に古墳が造られました。 聖徳太子も皇族なので管理の管轄は宮内庁となります。 宮内庁の管理ってどんな感じなんだろう？と思いますが、この場所に関しては週に一度は状況確認に宮内庁の担当者が来ているらしいです。 歴...

  • Abiko Kannonji Temple
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    4.0
    24 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Sumiyoshi-ku Abiko 4-chome 1-20

    節分のときは厄除けの護摩木の奉納が行われるので、大阪南部の人はこぞってここを訪れる。火を焚いて太鼓の音とともに聞こえてくる祈祷の念仏にボルテージが上がる。狭い境内ながら周囲の道には出店がぎっしり。それらをみて歩くのも楽しみの一つ。そんなあびこ観音もそれ以外のときは閑静なお寺である。

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