Bokodo

📍 Nara, Tenkawa · Dorokawa, Tenkawa, Yoshino, Nara

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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

Bokodo, nestled in Dorokawa of Tenkawa, is a sacred space watched over by the spirits of pure water. Known as a place where practitioners undergo waterfall meditation to purify body and spirit. What the white fox senses is the living water itself possesses the power to cleanse the souls of all who visit.