Myoko-ji temple
8-3 Kamiseya-cho, Seya Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa
- 045-301-2989
- Tokyu Line Minatomirai Pass , YOKOHAMA CHINATOWN GOURMET TICKET +8
This temple was founded by Myoko Bikuni in the third year of Hakuji (652).
In the third year of Daido (808), the monk Bentsu became head of the temple and it was renamed Fukushozan Myokoji of the Tendai sect, continuing to be handed down under this sect for the next 474 years.
On September 17th of the 5th year of Koan (1282), Nichiren Daishonin (a Japanese monk and founder of Nichiren Buddhism) left Mt. Minobu for Kakurai in Hitachi Province (current day Mito City) to cure his ailments in a hot spring. After ten days he arrived at Seya and stopped at Myokoji Temple.
The chief priest at the time, Bunkyo Ajari, was indoctrinated by Nichiren and changed the name of the temple to Renshosan Myokoji. In the second year of Seichu (1325), due to the change in religious beliefs under the Kamakura Shogunate, the temple became Ikegami Honmonji Temple and remains under this name even today.
Seya Hachifukujin Daikoku Sonten is enshrined at the temple.
The temple bell (Kamakura period) is designated as a prefectural important cultural property.
In the third year of Daido (808), the monk Bentsu became head of the temple and it was renamed Fukushozan Myokoji of the Tendai sect, continuing to be handed down under this sect for the next 474 years.
On September 17th of the 5th year of Koan (1282), Nichiren Daishonin (a Japanese monk and founder of Nichiren Buddhism) left Mt. Minobu for Kakurai in Hitachi Province (current day Mito City) to cure his ailments in a hot spring. After ten days he arrived at Seya and stopped at Myokoji Temple.
The chief priest at the time, Bunkyo Ajari, was indoctrinated by Nichiren and changed the name of the temple to Renshosan Myokoji. In the second year of Seichu (1325), due to the change in religious beliefs under the Kamakura Shogunate, the temple became Ikegami Honmonji Temple and remains under this name even today.
Seya Hachifukujin Daikoku Sonten is enshrined at the temple.
The temple bell (Kamakura period) is designated as a prefectural important cultural property.
Essential Information
| Duration |
15m |
|---|---|
| Access | Seya Station, Sotetsu Line |
