Choraku-ji - Mikata District

I think it is necessary in the present world, "If you put your hands together and put your hands together, your heart will calm down."

Admission fee 800 yen. There is a discount if you show JAF or Aeon. No special mention.

I was surprised when I could see the building from Route 9 for the first time. A huge building on the mountain. The atmosphere was similar to the Nembutsu sect building that I happened to see when I was lost. It is actually a temple of the Shingon sect. Everything is different from ordinary temples! To say. You will be overwhelmed by the five-storied pagoda and the Great Buddha. But there is nothing to feel other than size. There is nothing you can feel from Todaiji Temple or Horyuji Temple. The thick cylinder is iron and the walls are concrete. It seems that the Chinese people made the Great Buddha. Aji may come out in another 500 years. I think it's well worth seeing, so why not stop by when you're nearby ☺ [Explanation below] The world's largest wooden carved gold leaf statue It is an ancient temple associated with Kobo Daishi, which was founded by Gyoki as Yakayama Yakushiji Temple in the Tenpyo era about 1200 years ago. Rebuilt in 1543 due to a natural disaster. Hundreds of years after the name was changed to Kawakaiyama Chorakuji, in April 1994, the world's largest wooden three major Buddhist temples were opened. Supported by a stage of 115 pillars (1.2 meters in diameter), Chorakuji towers on the summit of Mt. Kawai, surrounded by beautiful mountains on all sides, and is a large cathedral blessed with a wonderful view of nature overlooking the Yada River below. The statue of Shaka Nyorai is placed in the center, the statue of Amida Nyorai on the left, and the statue of Yakushi Nyorai holding a medicine pot on the right. A total of more than 20,000 Chinese Buddhist priests took three years to produce and assembled it all the way across the sea at the Great Buddha Hall. 1.32 million pieces of gold leaf (21.8 kg) are pasted around the parquet of camphor tree, and it shines golden. The statue of Shaka Nyorai in the center is 15.8m tall, and the total height is 25.3m with the halo, the Suyadan, and the lotus seat. The facial expressions of the three great Buddhas sit in front of people with a neat, gentle and compassionate look, reminiscent of their individuality. Amida Nyorai statue 15.2m Shaka Nyorai statue 15.8m Yakushi Nyorai statue 15.2m ■ Great Buddha Hall It is a huge building with a 40m high multi-story hipped roof that perfectly harmonizes the essence of modern architectural technology with the traditional beauty. On the roof, two Shibi (height 2.7m, weight 1.1t, 18,000 pieces of gold leaf) are shining high in the sky in gold. 806 stone Buddhas are enshrined on the three walls of the shrine, but each one is handmade, and each expression and clothing is full of individuality. With the prayers of many worshipers in the stone Buddha, we are waiting for the day when it will be completed with 1,200 enshrined bodies over the years. ■ Five-storied pagoda The 70m-high five-storied pagoda is the second tallest in Japan (75m of the Echizen Daibutsu five-storied pagoda), and 51 marble and gold leaf Buddhas are enshrined in each layer of the Chancel. On the top layer, the three Buddhas of Shaka Nyorai, Dainichi Nyorai, and Amida Nyorai are enshrined, and the solemn atmosphere extends into the high-altitude space. The view from each layer is wonderful, and you can see the surrounding mountains and the river flowing below. ■ Daimon and Nio statue The Daimon is a combination of a copper tile roof and a cypress-made cypress, which fully expresses the beauty of wooden architecture. On the left and right sides of the Daimon, a wooden sculpture of Nio, which is about 8 meters tall, protects it in a ferocious manner as a guardian deity. The A-un statue (8.2m9.5t) with its mouth open and the A-un statue (8.4m10t) with its mouth tied, but the first "a" sound and the last "n" sound, that is, the beginning of all things These two statues symbolize the end. It is made of camphor tree parquet and is colorfully colored with lacquer. ■ Main hall (Yakushido) On the north side of the Great Buddha Hall is the Yakushido, the main hall of Kawakaiyama Chorakuji Temple. The principal image of Gyoki himself carved 1200 years ago, Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai, was burned down by repeated fires, but the existing principal image is usually placed deep in the kitchen and is said to be a secret Buddha that opens only for 10 days every 7 years. I am. ■ Corridor The corridor connecting the Daimon and the Great Buddha Hall has a beautiful colonnade of nearly 100m. The eaves and ceiling are made of zelkova pillars with a diameter of 42 cm and cypress with a fragrant wood scent. It is made entirely of wood using the ancient Japanese construction method without using any nails. ■ Bentendo Benzaiten is widely worshiped as the god of water that produces and raises things. Here, one of Tajima's seven Benzaiten, Nanami Benzaiten, is enshrined in the Benten-do of Ukimido. ■ Visiting time Gate opens at 9 am and closes at 4 pm ■ Admission fee 800 yen for adults, free for high school students and younger

It is a calming and empty feeling of another world. It is worth paying the admission fee.

It is a temple with an overwhelming sense of scale. You can worship the largest Buddha statue in Japan. According to the explanation, an engineer came from China and built it. This may be the reason why the atmosphere is different from that of Japanese shrines and temples. Because the deca is big, the pillars are also made of reinforced concrete instead of wooden. The worshipers are sparse and can worship quietly, probably because they are not so appealing.

Tajima Daibutsu. A temple built with a private property of over 20 billion. Three big Buddhas made with the thought that the president will settle this world. Coco is his wife's family temple, and he says that his parents' house has another 50 billion Buddha statues. It's unusual because of the money, but in the first place, temples aren't good if you spend money. It's too secular and I'm sick.

The three Buddha statues were impressive, and I prayed for traffic safety and the eradication of the plague.