Daijuji Temple

Temple

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Daijuji Temple is a Jodo sect temple in Kamoda Town, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. It is a family temple of the Tokugawa Shogun family and their ancestors, the Matsudaira family. Matsudaira Chikatada founded the temple in 1475 as a temple for the war dead. The tombs of eight generations of the Matsudaira family and life-sized mortuary tablets of successive Tokugawa Shogun rest here. The temple is also famous as the place where Ieyasu, who lost the Battle of Okehazama, vowed to stage his comeback. In the temple grounds are many treasures including Important Cultural Properties such as the splendid Tahoto pagodas (a “multi-treasure” pagoda) established by Ieyasu’s grandfather, Kiyoyasu Matsudaira, and the screen paintings by Reizei Tamechika.

Spot details

Address: Aichi Pref. Okazakishi Kamodachou Hiromoto 5-1
Area: Nishi-Mikawa Area
Phone: 0564213917
Hours: [Main hallGates openHours]9:00-16:00
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Treasure Admission fee] Adults400yen, Elementary and Junior High School Students200yen
Parking Lot: Available(20spaces)
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Not available
English Menu: Available (Admission Pamphlet English/Chinese Available)
Note: Temporary closure:Currently closed (information as of May 15, 2020)
* Information may be changed, so please be sure to check the official information.
Estimated stay time: 0-30 minutes
Wheelchair accessible: Not possible (treasure course is not possible)
Infant friendly: Available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Articles about this spot

Historic Sites of Okazaki

Aichi | Shrines

Review

おもしろい

Reviewedï¼2019.08.21

ひっそりしているおもしろいし、わらえる an I think it is very good that there is very quiet50もじいじょうになっているはずなののになってないってどーゆーことー
Authentic Tokugawa

Reviewedï¼2016.03.16

Daijuji temple is one of the official Tokugawa Shogun familys temple. The one and only display of the IHAIs (Buddist mortuary tablet) of the 14 Shoguns who ruled Japan during the Edo period is...
徳川家と先祖の松平家の位牌のある菩提寺

Reviewedï¼2022.05.16

徳川家康の産まれた岡崎城へ行って、大樹寺が菩提寺であることを知り、行ってみました。山門、仏塔、本堂とそれなりの大きさは感じましたが、将軍家の菩提寺というほどの荘厳さは感じませんでした。とはいえ、重要文化財にもなっている松平家八代と歴代徳川将軍の等身大の位牌が並ぶ様はさすがです。等身大の位牌からすると、皆、それほど大きくないことがわかります。墓地には松平家八代な加えて家康の墓標もありました。