Kinpusen-Ji

Kimpusen-ji (金峯山寺 Kinpusen-ji) is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kimpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Gyōja, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Shinto and Buddhist beliefs.

The temple’s main building, the “Zaō-Hall” (Zaōdō) dedicated to Zaō gongen (蔵王権現), is the second largest wooden structure in Japan after the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdai-ji in Nara. Kimpusen-ji is a junction in a series of stops on pilgrimage routes.

金峯山寺 / cyesuta

WebSite:

Name : Kinpusen-Ji

Category : temple

Website : http://www.kinpusen.or.jp/

TEL : 0746-32-8371

Area : Nara (Kansai)

Address : Yoshinoyama Yoshino-cho Yoshino-gun 639-3115
〒639-3115 奈良県吉野郡吉野町吉野山
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