Hokai-ji Temple

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This Buddhist temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji on the orders of Emperor Go-Daigo in order to appease the souls of the Hojo clan, which was dissolved in 1333. Built on the site of a Hojo clan estate, the temple later developed into a center of education and cultivation. Even today, the detached Korin-an hermitage is open for use for sutra copying. The hermitage is equipped with the necessary materials, and visitors can readily come here to engage in sutra copying themselves. During the equinoctial week of Buddhist services, the grounds are covered with white bush clover, resulting in the temple’s nickname, the “Bush Clover Temple.”

Spot details

Address: Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 3-5-22 Map
Area: Kamakura Area
Phone: 0467225512
Hours: [Apr.- Sep.]9:30-16:30
[Oct.- Mar.]9:30-16:00
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Admission fee to worship] Adults (High School Students and above) 300 yen, Junior High School Students 200 yen, Elementary School Students 100 yen
Parking Lot: Not available
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Not available
Estimated stay time: 0-30 minutes

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

New Kamakura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #2 Hokai-ji Temple

Reviewed : 2022.02.16

I took a bus from Sugimoto-Kannon Busstop and got off at Daigakumae Busstop. I had visited the start of the Kamakura Shogunate and was heading to the end of it. Hokai-ji Temple was founded by...
［本堂］内の仏像を拝観する際 [宝戒寺]のホームペーシ内に［境内のご案内］のペーシ、その中に［本堂］がありますので参考にされることをお薦めします

Reviewed : 2023.01.20

［本堂］内の仏像を拝観する際 [宝戒寺]のホームペーシを開くと［境内のご案内］のペーシ、その中に［本堂］があり本堂内の仏像全17体が掲載されていますのでこれを閲覧しながら拝観することをお薦めします。鎌倉エリアの《閻魔大王像》と言うと [円応寺]が有名ですがこちらの本尊・右側の壇にあること今回初めて気づきました。又鎌倉エリアの寺院でリスを見かけると聞いていましたが今...
天台宗の道場。戒壇院

Reviewed : 2022.05.08

開基は後醍醐天皇。足利尊氏に命じて北条義時が邸宅造営して以降北条執権の屋敷となっていた当地に北条九代滅亡後の御霊を祀る為建立された。敷地裏山は北条氏最後の執権高時が一族と自刃したやぐらが有る。