| 1．Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai (番外). The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. |
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| 2．Taiyū-ji ・ |
| Taiyū-ji (太融寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 821. 34°42′06″N 135°30′15″E / 34.7018°N 135.5041°E / 34.7018; 135.5041 |
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| 3．Chōhō-ji (Kainan) ・689, Shimotsu-cho-kami, Kainan, Wakayama 649-0164 ・Tendai |
| Keitokuzan Chōhō-ji (慶徳山長保寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyorai. Its Hondō, Tahō-tō Pagoda and are Daimon National Treasures,[1] and its daimyō cemetery is a National Historic Site.[2] |
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| 4．Misuji temple ruins ・Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan |
| The Misuji temple ruins (三栖廃寺塔跡, Misu Haiji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a late Hakuhō period Buddhist temple located in the Shimomisu neighborhood of the city of Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1935, with the area under protection expanded in 1985.[1] |
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| 5．Kii Kokubun-ji ・ 671 Higashikokubu, Kinokawa-shi, Wakayama-ken 649-6428 ・Buddhist |
| The Kii Kokubun-ji (紀伊国分寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Higashikokubu neighborhood of the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan. It was one of the provincial temples per the system established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising Yamato rule over the provinces.[1] The modern temple belongs to the Shingi Shingon sect and its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai. |
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| 6．Negoro-ji ・ 2286 Negoro, Iwade-shi, Wakayama-ken ・Buddhist |
| Negoro-ji (根来寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Surrounded by the sacred peaks of the Katsuragi Mountains, the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site and a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 2007.[1] |
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| 7．Jison-in ・ |
| Jison-in (慈尊院) is a Buddhist temple in the town of Kudoyama that marks the entrance to the pilgrimage route of Koyasan. It is part of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Koyasan complex includes: 34°17′42.69″N 135°33′0.67″E / 34.2951917°N 135.5501861°E / 34.2951917; 135.5501861 |
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| 8．Kongō Sanmai-in ・ |
| Kongō Sanmai-in (金剛三昧院, Kongō Sanmai-in) is a minor temple complex on Mount Kōya in Japan, founded in 1211 by order of Hōjō Masako for posthumous soul of Minamoto no Yoritomo and renamed "Kongō Sanmai-in" in 1219 for that of Minamoto no Sanetomo. The temple houses a hibutsu ("secret Buddha") statue which is generally hidden and displayed for only one day every five hundred years. It will next be on display in the late 2400s.[1] |
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| 9．Kongōbu-ji ・132 Kōyasan, Kōya-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture ・Kōyasan School of Shingon Buddhism |
| Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺) is the ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Its name means Temple of the Diamond Mountain Peak. It is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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| 10．Dōjō-ji ・1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Dōjō-ji (道成寺) is a Tendai school Buddhist temple in the town of Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Founded in the Nara period, it has given its name to a number of plays, most notably the Noh drama Dōjōji. The temple has numerous statues which are designated National Treasures, or Important Cultural Properties, as well as several structures with the Important Cultural Property designation.[1][2] The precincts of the temple were designated a National Historic Site in 2013.[3] |
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| 11．Seiganto-ji ・8 Nachisan, Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
Phone: 0735-55-0001 ・Tendai |
| Seiganto-ji (青岸渡寺), Temple of Crossing the Blue Shore, is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 2004, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other locations, under the name "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". According to a legend, it was founded by the priest Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India. The temple was purposely built near Nachi Falls, where it may have previously been a site of nature worship. Seiganto-ji is part of the Kumano Sanzan shrine complex, and as such can be considered one of the few jingū-ji (shrine temples, see article Shinbutsu shūgō) still in existence after the forcible separation of Shinto and Buddhism operated by the Japanese government during the Meiji restoration.[1][2] |
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| 12．Fudarakusan-ji ・348 Hamanomiya, Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Fudarakusan-ji (補陀洛山寺, Fudarakusan-ji) is Tendai temple of the Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The name of temple comes from mount Potalaka. It is said to have been founded by Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India. In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. |
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