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Top 8 Sacred & Religious Sites in Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Discover the best top things to do in Asahikawa, Japan including Kamikawa Shrine, Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine, Naritasan Shinkyu-ji Temple, Zenko-ji Temple, Asahikawa Shrine, Daikyu-ji Temple, Ontake Miyoshi Shrine, Kamikawa Shrine Tongu.
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1. Kamikawa Shrine
2. Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine
3. Naritasan Shinkyu-ji Temple
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3.5 based on 9 reviews
Shinkyu-ji is a temple of the Chisan sect in Shingon Buddhism. Our temple is located about 600 meter away from the Asahikawa station towards northwest. We enshrine various types of important Buddhist deities, such as Fudō Myō-Oh as our main deity, Nyoirin-kannon in Rokkaku-do (hexagonal hall), and Japan’s first three-dimensionalised maëòala of the two realms (diamond and womb). The history of Shinkyu-ji has begun back in 1892, Kushi Takudo, the 72nd head priest of Jiho-in temple in Fukui city was appointed by the head temple of the Chisan sect as a missionary of the Shingon Buddhism in Hokkaido. Approving that mission, in the same year, he departed for Hokkaido where its pioneering had started only few years ago. Then he built a branch of Negoro-ji temple in Asahikawa village of Kamikawa county (former name of Asahikawa city). In 1907, the name of temple was changed as “Narita-san Shinkyu-ji”, and Shinkyu-ji has been devotedly contributing as the hub for the Buddhist mission in Hokka
4. Zenko-ji Temple
5. Asahikawa Shrine
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3.5 based on 3 reviews
