Honkakuji Temple

Temple

"Honkakuji, also known as Kaidera ""shell temple,"" is a twenty-minute drive from the Nanki Shirahama Interchange on the Kisei Expressway. It is a subsidiary temple of Chion-in temple, the Chinzei school of the Jodo-shu Sect of Buddhism. Successive generations of abbots have collected over 30,000 shells of one thousand varieties, some of them rare scientific specimens, especially the Honkakujihigai, discovered in 1929 and named after the temple. This collection of shells is stored and displayed at the temple. The temple presented rare shells to the lords of the Kishu Domain, one of Tokugawa Gosanke, the three privileged branches of the Tokugawa family, and even now, a memorial tablet for the lords is an object of veneration."

Spot details

Address: Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho 627 Map
Area: Shirahama Area
Phone: 0739423771
Hours: [Shellfish Exhibition Room] 7:00-16:30
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Shellfish Exhibition Room] [Admission fee] appreciate your generous contributions
Parking Lot: Available(8spaces)
※Free