Overview
A three-storey pagoda and a great ginkgo said to be over 1,200 years old. A place where the skill of the Hida carpenters is handed down.
About this place
Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in former Hida Province. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon-shū and its honzon is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded:746 (traditional) Designation:Important Cultural Property, Natural Monument Blessings:Warding off evil, Longevity
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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Source hidakokubunji.jp ↗Before you go
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