| 1．Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (中国三十三観音霊場, Chūgoku Sanjūsan Kannon Reijō) is one of a number of traditional Buddhist pilgrimage routes in Japan. The route includes 33 sites sacred to the boddhisattva Kannon, across the Chūgoku region (Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane and Tottori prefectures). The 33 Kannon were selected in 1981. |
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| 2．Mitaki-dera ・ |
| Mitaki-dera (三瀧寺) is a historic Japanese temple in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Mitaki-dera was founded in 809 during the Daidō era. Mitaki-dera is familiar with the name of "Mitaki-Kannon" (三滝観音). The temple grounds include three waterfalls, and their waters are used as an offering to the victims of the atomic bomb during the annual Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony. |
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| 3．Buttsū-ji ・22 Motoyama, Takasaka-chō, Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture ・Buttsū-ji Rinzai |
| Buttsū-ji (佛通寺) is a Buddhist temple head one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, founded in 1397 by the lord of Mihara; Kobayakawa Haruhira; its first Abbot was Buttoku Daitsu Zenji. The temple is named after its honorary founder, the Chinese master Buttsu Zenji. Located in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, the temple is head of the Buttsū-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, governing forty-seven temples.[1][2] |
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| 4．Yokomi temple ruins ・Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Yokomi temple ruins (横見廃寺跡, Yokomi haiji ato) is an archeological site with the ruins of a Nara period Buddhist temple located in the Hongō neighborhood of the city of Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1978.[1] |
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| 5．Kōsan-ji ・5553-2 Setoda, Setoda-chō, Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Kōsan-ji (耕三寺) is a Hongan-ji school Jōdo Shinshū temple on the island of Ikuchijima in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Founded by the industrialist Koso Kōsanji in 1936 in honour of his deceased mother, and with an area of approximately fifty thousand square metres, many of its structures are modelled upon the country's most famous historic temples and shrines.[1] The Hill of Hope (未来心の丘, Miraishin no Oka) is a monument landscaped with five thousand square metres of Carrara marble, weighing some three thousand tons, by Kazuto Kuetani.[2] The Kōsan-ji Museum houses over two thousand items, including nineteen Important Cultural Properties.[3] |
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| 6．Jikō-ji ・Onomichi, Hiroshima ・Buddhism |
| Jikō-ji (持光寺) is a Buddhist temple in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture belonging to the Seizan Zenrin-ji of Jōdo-shū Buddhism.[2] Its principal image is a seated image of Amida Nyōrai. The temple houses a National Treasure, an 1153 Heian Period hanging scroll of Fugen Enmei (Samantabhadra).[1] 34°24′26″N 133°11′45″E / 34.40725°N 133.195806°E / 34.40725; 133.195806 |
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| 7．Jōdo-ji (Onomichi) ・ |
| Jōdo-ji (浄土寺) is a temple of Shingon Buddhism in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As a site sacred to the boddhisattva Kannon, it is the 9th temple on the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. The temple, built at the end of the Kamakura period, is noted for two national treasures: the temple's main hall (hondō) and the treasure pagoda (tahōtō). In addition it holds a number of Important Cultural Property structures and artworks. |
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| 8．Senkō-ji (Onomichi) ・ |
| Senkō-ji (千光寺) is a historic Japanese temple in Senko-ji Park in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Senkō-ji was founded in the year 806, the 1st year of the Daidō era. Senkō-ji is the 10th site of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. From Senkō-ji, visitors can view the downtown of Onomichi and the Seto Inland Sea. |
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| 9．Ankoku-ji (Fukuyama) ・Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture ・Rinzai Zen |
| Ankoku-ji (安国寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kokutai-ji branch of Rinzai school of Buddhism in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This temple was built by the priest Kakushin in 1273. Afterwards, it was revived by Ankokuji Ekei in 1579, though it remained in decline. This temple is classified as an Important Cultural Property. |
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| 10．Fukuzen-ji ・2 Tomo-machi, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken ・Buddhist |
| Fukuzen-ji (福禅寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Tomo-machi neighborhood of the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The temple's full name is Kaigan-zan Senjū-in Fukuzen-ji (海岸山 千手院 福禅寺), and it belongs Daikaku-ji branch of the Shingon-shu of Japanese Buddhism. |
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| 11．Myōō-in ・ |
| Myōō-in (明王院) is a Buddhist temple in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. |
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| 12．Miyanomae temple ruins ・Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Miyanomae temple ruins (宮の前廃寺跡, Miyanomae haiji ato) is an archeological site with the ruins of a Nara period Buddhist temple located in the Zaō neighborhood of the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1969.[1] |
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| 13．Teramachi temple ruins ・Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan |
| The Teramachi temple ruins (寺町廃寺跡, Teramachi Haiji ato) is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Hakuho period Buddhist temple located in the Mukaeda neighbourhood of what is now the city of Miyoshi, Hiroshima, in the San'yō region of Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1984.[1] |
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| 14．Aki Kokubunji ・419 Aono-chō, Ōgaki-shi, Gifu-ken 503-2227 ・Buddhist |
| Aki Kokubun-ji (安芸国分寺) is an Omuro-school Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the, Yoshiyuki Saijomachi, neighborhood of the city of Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period temple were designated as a National Historic Site in 1932, with the area under protection expanded in 1977, and again in 2002.[2] |
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| 15．Daishō-in ・ ・Buddhism |
| Daishō-in or Daisyō-in (大聖院) is a historic Japanese temple complex with many temples and statues on Mount Misen, the holy mountain on the island of Itsukushima, off the coast of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. It is the 14th temple in the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and famous for the maple trees and their autumn colors. It is also called "Suishō-ji" (水精寺). Including Mt. Misen, Daishō-in is within the World Heritage Area of Itsukushima Shrine. |
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