Kotokuin
📍 Kyoto, Kyoto · 406 Hayashishita-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
9:00–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Unknown
Pre-written
Available
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
Kotokuin Temple brings the light of virtue to the human heart. Nestled beneath the trees of eastern mountains, it has long served as a place of spiritual cultivation. Those who polish the great virtue within themselves depart this sacred ground radiant with enlightened grace.
Benefits
Virtue accumulationHuman refinementCompassion growth
