Gessho-ji
📍 Shimane, Matsue · 179 Sotonakahara-cho, Matsue, Shimane
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
8:30–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Available
Pre-written
Available
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
Gessho-ji, as its lunar name suggests, centers on moonlit meditation. The white fox spirit preserves this sanctuary amid Matsue's nocturnal silence, observing monks practicing beneath moonlight. The temple's cleansing lunar rays illuminate spiritual confusion, while meditative practitioners become luminous themselves, reflected in the spirit's consciousness as eternal light.
Benefits
lunar blessinginner cultivationspiritual purification
