Hida Kokubun-ji 飛騨国分寺 Takayama (高山市) March 26, 2019 (Heisei 31) About Hida Kokubun-ji Hida Kokubun-ji is a Koya Shingon-shu temple in Takayama that was established by Emperor Shomu in the Nara period, making it the oldest stucture in the city. It features a lovely pagoda, a gingko tree that’s at least 1200 years old, and the old bell tower gates from that formerly adorned Takayama Castle. My Visit Links Homepage (JP) Omairi (JP) Location
Takayama Zenko-ji 高山善光寺 Takayama (高山市) March 26, 2019 (Heisei 31) About Takayama Zenko-ji Takayama Zenko-ji, the actual name is Zenko-ji Daihongan Hida Betsuin, is a temple in Takayama in the Hida part of Gifu Prefecture. It’s a fairly large temple and they also have overnight temple experience packages. It is a branch temple of Shinshu Zenko-ji in Nagano. Links Homepage (JP) Omairi (JP) Location
Takayama Betsuin 古井神社 Takayama (高山市) March 24, 2019 Takayama Betsuin Shorenji is a splendid Jodo Shinshuu Otani sect temple in the scenic town of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. Jodo Shinshuu is by far the most common kind of Buddhism in the Hida area of northern Gifu. The text in the center reads “Kueissho”, a phrase in Japanese Buddhism meaning that everyone will meet again in the Pure Land. As we drove up this chilly morning in March, we passed piles of snow on the side of the tollway before flurries started falling. Most of Japan was already warming up and…
