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Yukokuji

Saitama · Kumagaya · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 熊谷 熊谷寺

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WHAT TO DOYukokuji

Where Kumagai Naozane took vows and built his hermitage.

WHERESaitama

North · Kumagaya

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Where Kumagai Naozane took vows and built his hermitage.

About this place

Kumagayadera Yukokuji (Kumagaya) - a temple in Kumagaya, Saitama. Kumadaniji (Awa) - a temple in Awa, Tokushima. Temple No. 8 of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage. Kumagaiji (Koya, Wakayama) - a temple in Koya, Wakayama.

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Founded:1179 Blessings:Rebirth

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