Eishoji Temple

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This is a Jodoshu (Pure Land sect of Buddhism) temple in Ogigayatsu, Kamakura City. Its honorific mountain name is Tokozan and it is Kamakura’s only nunnery, founded by the nun Eisho-in. It was called the Mito Palace and the Mito Convent since daughters of the Mito clan served as the chief nun in the times before the Meiji period. Several areas on the temple grounds have been designated as Important Cultural Properties, including the temple building, which bears the vestiges from the time of its establishment, the main temple gate, and the belfry.

Spot details

Address: Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Ogigayatsu 1-16-3 Map
Area: Kamakura Area
Phone: 0467223534
Hours: 9:00-16:00
Closed: Thursday
Fees: [Adult]300yen
[High school student]200yen
[Up to junior high school student]100yen
Parking Lot: Not available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

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Review

Interesting smaller temple with a bamboo section

Reviewed : 2020.02.02

The buildings are all original Edo period. The temple was a nunnery. There are a few smaller buildings, a worship place carved in the rock, a bamboo garden. Overall nice, but buildings not to be...
鎌倉で唯一の尼寺のせいか独特の雰囲気があり境内にある国重要文化財指定の5件の建築物に加え竹林を眺めながら一時を過ごすと鎌倉感に満たされます

Reviewed : 2023.03.09

建築物鑑賞ファンにはとても魅力ある寺院です。境内にある[仏殿][山門][鐘楼][祠堂][祠堂門（唐門）]は国重要文化財である上に、[仏殿]には 12支の彫刻に加え組物の間に花紋の彫刻、更に内部の天井装飾（龍や天女）の美しさはヒックリです、[山門]にも龍虎を含め8種の彫刻、[鐘楼]は鎌倉で唯一の袴腰付鐘楼で美しい外観、[祠堂]はミニ東照宮の華麗さ、[祠堂門（唐門）]は側面に唐破風...
歴史を感じさせてくれます

Reviewed : 2021.05.12

広くはありませんが、竹林があり、静かで落ち着いた所でした。また、老木が門の外も含めて立っており、季節を選べば、花も綺麗のようです。また、山門などの建築物は、国の重要文化財だそうで、歴史を感じさせる素晴らしいものです。仏殿では、正面の小窓を開けると、阿弥陀三尊像が拝めます。お寺の歴史も興味深いものがありますので、是非、拝観のしおりなどでチェックすることをお勧めします。