Toko-ji
📍 Gunma, Ota · 25-8 Honcho, Ota, Gunma
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
The light of the East symbolizes the hopeful light of dawn. Positioned in Ota's Honcho, Toko-ji has long illuminated those lost in confusion. I feel the warmth of light filling this place and see the relief in visitors' faces bathed in it. Even in the darkest night, the light here never fades.
Benefits
manifestation of lightwisdom illuminationlight in darkness
