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Its five-storey pagoda is an Important Cultural Property, and among the best proportioned in northern Japan.
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Saishoin is a Shingon sect (Chizan school) temple in Doyamachi, Hirosaki, Aomori. Its mountain name is Kongozan and its temple name is Komyoji. Its five-story pagoda, designated an Important Cultural Property, is the northernmost in Japan. In the district called Zenrin-gai and Shinteramachi, south of Hirosaki Castle in the center of Hirosaki, known for the Hirosaki Neputa Festival, 46 temples stand in a row. Saishoin is a representative temple among them, together with Chosho-ji, and is dear to the townspeople as "the temple of the five-story pagoda".
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Founded：1532 Designation：Important Cultural Property Blessings：Warding off evil, Learning
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