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Kegon-ji Temple (Suzumushi-dera Temple) (華巌寺(鈴虫寺))

Name: Kegon-ji Temple (Suzumushi-dera Temple)
Telephone: 0753813830

4.0

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A Rinzai Buddhist temple in Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City. Some 50 thousand bell crickets are bred on the temple grounds annually, and due to their songs, audible not just in autumn but throughout the year, the temple has come to be known as the Suzumushi-dera (Bell Cricket Temple). In addition to a figure of Dainichi-nyorai (Voirocana), the main object of worship, the temple also enshrines a statue of Jizobosatsu (Kshitigarbha), and the temple attracts Kshitigarbha worshipers from around the nation as well as persons seeking aid with university entry, attaining better fortune, and finding a suitable partner. The temple is famous for its “Happy Kshitigarbha,” the only one in Japan to be depicted wearing straw sandals and said to grant a single wish, as well as its Suzumushi-seppo (Bell Cricket Sermons) given by priests, and the temple actively welcomes worshipers.

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nishikyou-ku Matsumurojikechou 31 (Ayashiyama / SaganoArea)

0753813830

9:00-17:00(Last entry16:30)

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Review of Suzumushi Temple

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Reviewed:2018/07/18 Relaxing time

I visited Suzumushi temple on weekend with my university friends. The lecture from chief priest was very interesting and there are many bell crickets. We heard the sound of the bell cricket. It was...

Reviewed:2018/07/14 Not worth it for non-Japanese speakers

I visited it on a hot Saturday afternoon in July. When I arrived by the 63 JR bus, there was a line to get in. After 20 minutes we entered but I was told I could not enter the Temple itself if I...

Reviewed:2017/07/26 the best temple for a waste of time

Go ahead if u wanna watching the dumb japanese clowd.

京都が守ってきた美意識の対極にある、下品な観光地。

こんな寺を高評価にしてる人は、ただのステマかよっぽど足りないのだろう。

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