Sano Yakuyoke Daishi
📍 Tochigi, 2233 Kasugaokayama · Sano
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Hours
8:20–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Unavailable
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
Sano Yakuyoke Daishi is renowned as one of the three great masters of the Kanto region. According to tradition, it was founded in 944 (Tengyō 7) and boasts over a thousand years of history as a spiritually efficacious master for protection from calamities. Its formal name is Kasugaoka-yama Tenhoririn-in Sōshūji. Visitors from throughout the nation come for its benefits of calamity prevention and directional protection. Many visitors combine their worship here with visits to Sano ramen, making this a special place where faith and tourism are intertwined.
Benefits
calamity preventiondirectional protectionhousehold harmonytraffic safetygood fortuneprosperous businessfulfillment of wisheshealing from illness
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