Anrakuji Temple
📍 Shiga, Nagahama · Hosoe-cho, Nagahama, Shiga
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
Anrakuji Temple in Hosoe-cho, Nagahama, lives up to its name as a place offering peaceful and blessed passage to the Pure Land. The temple's teachings provide solace and tranquility to those burdened by the confusions of worldly life, guiding their hearts toward clarity and peace. Like the clear waters flowing through Hosoe, the temple's spiritual purity washes away suffering and opens the path to ultimate liberation and bliss.
Benefits
Peaceful passageInner peacePure Land blessing