- EHIME PHOTO ALBUM -
Bekku-san Nankobo (別宮山南光坊)
4.0
Located around seven minutes’ walk from Imabari Station, Bekku-san Nankobo is the 55th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. The Temple’s full name is Komyo-ji Kongo-in Nankobo; it is the only temple on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage route that has the character “bo” (meaning a priest’s or monk’s residence) as part of its name. The Temple was established as a Buddhist temple associated with the Oyamazumi Shinto Shrine, at which worshippers pray for the safety of people traveling by sea. The tranquil atmosphere of the Temple precincts makes it popular with both tourists and locals as a place to come and relax. The Kotohira-gu Hall and the Daishi Hall with its pyramidal roof, both of which escaped damage during bombing raids in the Second World War, are particularly worth seeing. The Temple also has calligraphic works and a bamboo hat that belonged to Kawamura Kizan (the first calligrapher to receive the Japan Art Academy Award) which were given to the Temple as offerings.
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Review of Nankobo
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
Reviewed:2019/12/11
お寺の名称に「寺」ではなく「坊」が付いてる珍しい名前
Reviewed:2019/09/20
境内の周囲を堂宇が取り巻くように配置されています
Details
- Address
- Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Bekkuchou 3-1 [map]
- Phone
- 0898222916
- Hours
- 7:00-17:00
- Closed
- open everyday
- Fees
- [Admission fee to worship]Free
- Parking Lot
- Available(30spaces)
- Credit Card
- Not available
Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN
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Ehime Areas
Stretched across the northwest corner of Shikoku island, Ehime is a nature-rich prefecture boasting beautiful coastlines and a rural center where mountains play host to 26 of the Buddhist temples that make up the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Matsuyama is home to an original post-feudal castle as well as Dogo Onsen, one of the country’s oldest natural hot springs. The northern city of Imabari marks the entrance to the Shimano Kaido, a road that crosses six spectacular bridges and several islands, forming a route between Shikoku and mainland Honshu.
