Zenooji
📍 Ibaraki, Tsuchiura · 3-12-1 Manabe-cho, Tsuchiura-shi, Ibaraki
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
This temple in Tsuchiura's castle town has been a deeply revered spiritual place since the time of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Within the Amitabha hall, I have felt nothingness many times. In that nothingness lies the source of all life itself.
Benefits
LongevityDisease cureAmitabha faith