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Awa Kokubun-ji is associated with Emperor Shomu, the ruler who promoted the provincial Kokubun-ji temple network in the 8th century.
Emperor Shōmu ordered 68 provincial temples built across Japan in 741 to pray for recovery from a devastating smallpox epidemic. Each temple received a statue of Shaka Nyorai and copies of Buddhist sutras.
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Awa Kokubun-ji is associated with Emperor Shomu, the ruler who promoted the provincial Kokubun-ji temple network in the 8th century.
Emperor Shōmu ordered 68 provincial temples built across Japan in 741 to pray for recovery from a devastating smallpox epidemic. Each temple received a statue of Shaka Nyorai and copies of Buddhist sutras.
Awa Kokubun-ji is Temple No. 15 on the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage, making it one of the formal pilgrimage stops in Tokushima City.
The temple's garden features dramatic stone formations from the late Edo period and is designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Admission costs just 300 yen to see one of Japan's finest dry landscape gardens.
Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture
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