Kaizoji Temple

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Located in Ogigayatsu, Kamakura City, this is a temple belonging to the Rinzai Buddhist School’s Kenchoji sect. Its honorific mountain name is Senkokuzan. It was built in 1253 by Fujiwara no Nakayoshi who had received an order from Prince Munetaka, and was destroyed by fire when the Kamakura shogunate lost power. It is said that the temple was restored in 1394 by Uesugi Ujisada under the command of Ashikaga Ujimitsu, inviting the priest Shinsho Kugai to take occupancy. It is well-known as a temple with flowers blooming in profusion amidst each season, including flowering crab apple, hydrangea, Chinese bellflower, Chinese trumpet vine, Japanese maple and Japanese clover. Located in a cavern behind the Yakushido is the Soko-nuke-no-ido, one of the Kamakura Jissei (the ten wells of Kamakura) with 16 round holes from which water is flowing.

Spot details

Address: Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Ogigayatsu 4-18-8 Map
Area: Kamakura Area
Phone: 0467223175
Hours: 9:30-16:00
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Admission fee]100yen
Parking Lot: Available
Smoking: Not available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

Great and passionate employees.

Reviewed : 2017.10.13

The temple is great and worth a visit. I especially liked the employees working there. They put a lot of effort and seem to enjoy their work. Fantastic to watch.
開山源翁禅師は那須の殺生石を一撃し砕け散らす。金槌の別名としての玄能は此処からきてる

Reviewed : 2022.05.28

鎌倉駅西口から徒歩30分ぐらい。臨済宗建長寺派の寺院薬師三尊さんが本尊胎内には土中から発掘された薬師様の仏面が納められているらしい。６１年毎に胸中に像はご開帳されるとの事
静かなお寺

Reviewed : 2020.01.08

鎌倉から奥まった所にあるので、チョット不便ですが、昔ながらの静かな雰囲気のあるお寺です本堂の横にある庫裡は茅葺きで、風情がひときわです。