Kousanji Temple

Local name耕三寺
LocationOnomichi, Japan

Kōsan-ji is a Hongan-ji school Jōdo Shinshū temple on the island of Ikuchijima in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Founded by the industrialist Koso Kōsanji in 1936 in honour of his deceased mother, and with an area of approximately fifty thousand square metres, many of its structures are modelled upon the country's most famous historic temples and shrines. The Hill of Hope is a monument landscaped with five thousand square metres of Carrara marble, weighing some three thousand tons, by Kazuto Kuetani. The Kōsan-ji Museum houses over two thousand items, including nineteen Important Cultural Properties.

Tags Place of WorshipBuddhist
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōsan-ji

Address (Unnamed Road), Japan

Coordinates 34°18'14.537" N 133°5'24.54" E

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