Hakukasan Hoko Temple

Peaceful Temple Grounds

We stopped at Hoko ji on the way to cherry picking. The temple was gorgeous and peaceful among the cedars. We were the only ones there and enjoyed the quiet reflection the temple inspired.

It is said that tokiyori Hojo founded the foundation

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It is a Buddha Temple that is said to have been founded in the 13th century. The three-storied pagoda, completed in 1949, was wonderful. Located in a remote place, you can feel a good atmosphere.

Faguang Temple

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It is a temple in a special place of the Soto sect in Nakui Prefectural Natural Park, and has a history of about 700 years and has one of the largest three-storied pagodas in Japan. Even if you are not interested in historical-related spots, I think you should take a look at it once.

It is a temple that I once stopped by by chance when there was snow in winter.

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The scenery looks so different in summer and winter ７００ Tokiyori Hojo was fascinated by the shape of Mt. Nakui in the middle of the Oshu trip during the Kamakura period about a year ago. Built and opened the mountain That's right. The three-storied pagoda here is named "Chengyang Pagoda" and is the tallest and largest pagoda in Japan. It is a Zen sect temple called the Soto sect and is the most famous temple in the Tohoku region. The large tree of the cedar in the precinct is ７．７ｍ around the trunk, and the age of the tree is １０００ year, and ...