Yotakuji temple

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Yotakuji temple
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Yotakuji temple is the Zen temple of the Soto sect which makes a Tugen Zen priest the founder built around 1370. The Gautama Buddha 3 body (Shaka Nyorai, Cosmic Buddha, and Amitabha Tathagata) is deified and made Yotakuji temple Hondo. Moreover, about ten stone images of Gandhara called Yotakuji temple treasuring are exhibited by the precincts of a temple. Moreover, Yotakuji temple is a temple of a flower so that it may understand also from the brilliant double flowering cherry tree being in bloom. It is also the temple No. 11th holy place of the Kansai flower. Incidentally No. 4 is Kougenji. everything but Moss phlox introduced, of course this time -- winter -- January - February -- winter peony and spring -- March - April -- a giant skunk cabbage and May -- a peony, Moss phlox, Paeonia lactiflora and Hosta and the Japanese iris in June - July, and September -- a bushclover, Various flowers can be seen.