Okayama Prefecture, Japan · Tradition
Buddhism sacred sites in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Entsū-ji
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Entsū-ji crowns a small mountain in Tamashima, Kurashiki, and serves as Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage station #7....
Henshō-ji (Hōkai-in)
Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Henshō-ji, also known as Hōkai-in, sits at the base of wooded Kongōsan in northern Okayama City....
Kiyama-ji (Kanji-in)
Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Kiyama-ji crowns Mt. Kiyama (430 m) in Maniwa, north of Tsuyama. Founded by Kūkai in 815 CE according to temple tradition, it is a Kōyasan Shingon-shū bekkaku honzan and...
Rendai-ji
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Rendai-ji crowns Mt. Yuga (270 m) above Kurashiki and serves as Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage station #6....
Saidai-ji (Okayama)
Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Saidai-ji Kannon-in opens the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage in eastern Okayama. Founded in the eighth century around a Senju Kannon image said to have chosen this spot by...
Shōraku-ji (Senjū-in)
Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Shōraku-ji, also known as Senju-in, sits on a low hill in Bizen and serves as Temple #3 of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. The honzon is a hibutsu Eleven-Faced Kannon....
Tanjō-ji (Okayama)
Kumenan, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Tanjō-ji marks the literal birthplace of Hōnen Shōnin (1133–1212), founder of Jōdo-shū Pure Land Buddhism....
Yokei-ji
Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Yokei-ji crowns Ueterasan, a low hill above the rice plains of Setouchi City. Founded in the eighth century and long affiliated with the Tendai school, the temple holds...
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