Admission
- Adult (18+)¥500
Kamiita, Tokushima Prefecture
At a Glance
This temple houses Japan's only octagonal three-story pagoda, a unique Zen-style structure from the Kamakura period covered in hinoki cypress shingles and designated a National Treasure since 1952.
Anraku-ji's principal image is Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha, placing healing at the center of the temple's identity.
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This temple houses Japan's only octagonal three-story pagoda, a unique Zen-style structure from the Kamakura period covered in hinoki cypress shingles and designated a National Treasure since 1952.
Anraku-ji's principal image is Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha, placing healing at the center of the temple's identity.
The temple's founder studied Zen in Song China and returned to Japan in 1246 on the same ship as Lanxi Daolong, the famous priest who established Kamakura's Kencho-ji temple.
This Anraku-ji is in Tokushima and identified as the 6th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, one of Japan's best-known pilgrimage routes.
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