Shutokuin

📍 Chiba, Sakura · 625 Karamekicho, Sakura, Chiba

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About

MountainKitayama

SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school

PrincipalKannon Bosatsu

Founded1397

FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu

HeritageUNESCO World Heritage

Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/

History

Shutokuin, rooted in Karamekicho, spreads virtue throughout all who enter. Here, the rigorous yet compassionate teachings of Zen guide people to release their attachments and discover true freedom. Those who visit find suffering dissolve and a luminous purity shine forth. The temple witnesses the awakening of humanity's original beauty.