Shoboji - 正法寺 Shimizui-73 Yawata

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It is not usually open to the public, so you can find out a few days a year on the temple homepage.

The cherry blossoms are young trees, but you should enjoy the blooming slowly at the height of your eyes.

There is a splendid hall and a mountain gate, but it seems that the release date has been decided. After the cherry blossoms were over, I could not get close to the main hall. I received a note on my seal.

I visited after the back split in early April. It was a bicycle, but I think it will take about 20 minutes to walk. After passing the temple gate, there is a cherry blossom and a tomb of important cultural property worthy of the approach. Today was a few publishing days a year, but it was 10:30 minutes and I gave up because there was quite some time. It seems to be lighting up at night at this time.

Since it is not a tourist temple, you can only see it on certain days, but Amida-sama, who is said to have been built in the Kamakura period, was a masterpiece. The entrance to the temple is narrow, but the parking lot is large inside, so there is no need to worry about cars. When I worshiped, I had to go around with the guide, but honestly, there were rude words and deeds, and the pace didn't match, so I thought it would be better to have a free visit.

I visited by bicycle from my home in Kuzuha, Hirakata city. As for the parking lot, there was a free space for more than 10 cars in the place where we entered the temple grounds from the street road. This day was the day when all the cultural properties were released in the fall, but since they are not normally open to the public, it is necessary to check the release date on the temple website before visiting. The signboard of the temple said that the start time was 10:30 am, but when you visit around 10:10 am on that day, you can already be informed, and there is a way to look like a volunteer. You will be guided by. The admission fee is 700 yen per person. It is said that the temple was opened by Tadakuni Takada, who visited Yawata by Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1191 AD and when the Kamakura Shogunate was opened. It is composed of buildings from the early Edo period, such as the main hall, Karamon, and Owari-Toku, which were built at the behest of the daughter of the temple who gave birth to Yoshinao. It seems that I wasn't able to see it, but I was able to see a number of cultural assets that are worth seeing, such as during the hunger. Lastly, I was introduced to Hounden. Inside the building, a huge 483 cm Amida Nyorai sitting statue (important cultural property) was enshrined. The Buddha statue was originally enshrined in the octagonal hall of Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine, but it was once moved to the front and rear burial mound near the temple along with the octagonal hall due to the abolition of Buddha in the Meiji era, and it has deteriorated due to rain leaks in the octagonal hall. It seems that it was finally moved to Shohoji because of this. It was made in the Kamakura period and was overwhelmed by the size of the Buddha statue. In addition, a portrait of Ieyasu drawn by Yoshinao Tokugawa was displayed inside the building, which resembled the image of Ieyasu with wide open eyes that is often seen in textbooks and television. It was a picture drawn by my son, so I personally felt convinced that Ieyasu might have looked like this. Photography is prohibited inside the building. I was allowed to shoot the garden freely. I think that the admission fee of 700 yen was a great deal because I was exposed to such precious cultural assets.