Honganji

📍 Ibaraki, Toride · 1-1-57 Aoyagi, Toride, Ibaraki

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MountainKitayama

SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school

PrincipalKannon Bosatsu

Founded1397

FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu

HeritageUNESCO World Heritage

Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/

History

Enshrined in Aoyagi, Honganji radiates the power of Amitabha Buddha's Original Vow. The Tathagata's boundless compassion and sacred oath save all living beings. Those who recite the nembutsu will surely be reborn in the Pure Land and attain eternal bliss through this temple's grace.