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  • Kousanji Museum (Kousanji Temple)
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    Hiroshima Pref. Onomichishi Setodachousetoda 553-2
    The temple of Jodo Shinshu in Setoda Town, Onomichi City. It was established in 1936 by Kouzo Kousanji, an industrialist, to ensure his mother’s bodai or enlightment. The temple itself is the museum and inside the exhibition hall there are displays of cultural properties such as artifacts of Buddhism, tea ceremony and drawings. Many temples were built mimicking Japanese architecture and 15 buildings, including the main hall, are registered as Tangible Cultural Properties of the country. It is also called “the Sunlight in the West”.

    I had the Kosanji Temple marked on my maps as a must when I rode my bike on the Shimanami Kaido. I was really looking forward to visiting the temple but the entrance price really threw me off...

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  • Kojoji Temple
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    33 Reviews
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    Hiroshima Pref. Onomichishi Setodachousetoda 57
    This temple is in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is a Soto sect temple venerating Kanzeon Bosatsu, or Kannon the Buddha of Compassion, and although the main temple had been gone since the Meiji period, it was rebuilt in 2010. It is remarkable for its fusion of Japanese and Chinese architecture, and the only remnant of its original building, the three-story pagoda tower, is a designated national treasure.

    Pleasant enough temple and pagoda but only if you are in the area with some time to spend. Nice walk up the hill through the trees.

  • Komyobo Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Mitera 757
    This Buddhist temple is connected to the Imperial Family, and records state it was founded in 730 by the priest Gyoki on the order of Emperor Shomu. The temple is located a 10-minute drive from the Ikuchijima-kita Interchange on the Nishiseto Expressway. Some of the temple’s many highlights include a 13-tier stone pagoda and a statue depicting a seated Amitabha which is the temple’s principal object of worship, both designated National Important Cultural Properties; and a five-tier stone pagoda dedicated to the wife of Emperor Go-Shirakawa and the great priest Honen. Visitors are also recommended to see a Chinese juniper tree on the grounds which has grown into an extremely unusual and beautiful shape; over 650 years old, the tree has been designated a Natural Monument by the prefecture. In most years, the temple holds a Nehan-e memorial service for Gautama Buddha on the last Sunday in March, and during this event the grounds bustle with visitors.
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  • Jizoin Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Innoshima Tonoura Cho 795
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  • Mishoji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Innoshima Ohamacho 2213
  • Kamenokubijizo
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Setoda Kone Ohashi no North side
  • Myoga Kagura
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Myoga
  • Konrenji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Innoshima Nakanoshocho
  • Enrinji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Setoda 22
  • Kichijoji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Hayashi 686
  • Kofukuji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Ogi 2094
  • Kofukuji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Fukuda 998
  • Komyoji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Innoshima Nakanoshocho
  • Komyoji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Nakano 1316
  • Shozenji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi
  • Jizoin Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Sawa 8
  • Jizoin Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Mukaishimacho Kawajiri 6425
  • Jurakuji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Mukaishimacho Udatsu 8488
  • Jodoji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Innoshimatakumacho Naka-ku 1444
  • Jinguji Temple
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Mukaishimacho 1206
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There is more than meets the eye awaiting any Hiroshima-bound traveler. Kicking off in Hiroshima city, the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Castle, and Shukkeien Garden offer a couple of days of exploring; however, the real beauty lies along the southern coast of the prefecture. There, a series of islands spreads across the Seto Inland Sea: from the mysterious sea-submerged Great Torii Gate at Miyajima Island to the first half of the islands that connect Honshu to Shikoku via six spectacular suspension bridges.

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