Registration Date：2008.03.07
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The Soto Zen sect's Daihonzan Sojiji Temple was founded about 700 years ago by the Zen master Yinzan Shaojin, and by the end of the Edo period (1603-1868), there were about 16,000 temples in Japan. Although the temple was moved to a new location, the Noto Iin continues to be active in Noto as the main temple, along with Tsurumi Yokohama and Eiheiji Fukui.
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Description
Shogakuzan Sojiji Temple (Soto school temple) was built in the early 14th century (1321) by Zen master Keizan Jokin. In the summer of the following year (1322), Sojiji Temple was established as the center for protection of the imperial state by decree of Emperor Go-Daigo, who sought the faith of master Keizan. After that, it developed into a network of more than 16,000 branch temples all over Japan, centering on Sojiji, but at the end of the 19th century (1898), most of the temple buildings were lost in a fire. Seeing this as an opportunity, the Soto school relocated the base of its missionary work to the Tsurumi district of Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture. Sojiji Temple (Soin) was rebuilt over time on the site where the original temple used to be, and together with the buildings Dentoin, Jiunkaku, and Kyozo, which survived the fire. It stands in its current state today, in harmony with the mountains, water, and ancient trees, still keeping the mysterious and elegant atmosphere of the original head temple of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism.
Cultural property information
【Opening hours】
8:00-17:00
【Closing day】
open every day of the year
【Fee】
Individual Adults 500 yen Junior high school and high school students 400 yen Elementary school students 200 yen Group (from 30 people) Adults 450 yen Junior high school and high school students 360 yen Elementary school students180yen Group (from 200 people) Adults 400yen Junior high school and high school students 320yen Elementary school students160yen
【External link】
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