Ishaku-ji Temple
Soto Zen sect. The principal image is a standing statue of the Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Kannon Bodhisattva. This temple originally stood on the site of Chōei-ji Temple (in Tara-shō, Obama City), but it is said to have been relocated to its present location on the site of the former Mangon-ji Temple in the early Edo period. The principal image, a wooden standing statue of the Thousand-Armed Kannon, dates from the Heian period and stands 109 cm tall. It depicts a Thousand-Armed Kannon with 42 arms: a Buddha face atop the crown, and ten Bodhisattva faces on the crown base. The statue's body houses the Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Dharani Sutra, and both the statue and the sutra are designated Important Cultural Properties.
- Area
- Wakasa
- Category
- History & Culture Temples & Shrines
- Preferences
- Open before 9 AM Open after 5 PM
Information
- Telephone Number
- Ishuku Temple 0770-77-1078 Ooi Town Local History Museum 0770-77-2820
- Address
- 福井県おおい町万願寺7-5
- Prices
- Admission fee: 500 yen
- Getting There
- From JR Wakasa Hongō Station, take the Fukutetsu Bus bound for Kawakami and get off at "Manganji," then walk 10 minutes. From the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway Ōi-Takahama IC, it's 5 minutes; from Obama-Nishi IC, it's 15 minutes.
- Car Park: Available Spots
- 10
