Soushoji

📍 Fukui, Echizen · 32-6 Shimpo-cho, Echizen, Fukui

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Hours

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Fee

Direct-write

Unknown

Pre-written

Available

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About

Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)

History

Byakko

Soushoji Temple serves as a gathering place where practitioners of the same Buddhist tradition strengthen their shared faith. The temple functions as a vital link in a network of related temples throughout Echizen. Here, monks and lay devotees unite in their commitment to authentic transmission of their sect's teachings. The temple embodies the principle of sangha—the spiritual community that sustains and nurtures practice.

Benefits

sectarian bondsshared faithmutual temple support

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