Tokuzo Temple (ping-pong temple) Tokuzo Temple (ping-pong temple)
Spot information
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| Address |
〒326-0023
Route search
9-3 Saruta-cho, Ashikaga |
| Phone number | 0284-41-8621 |
| Access | 15 minutes from Ashikaga Interchange on the Kita Kanto Expressway 25 minutes from Ota Kiryu Interchange on the Kita Kanto Expressway 35 minutes from Sano Fujioka Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway 12 minutes by taxi from Tobu Ashikaga Station 7 minutes by taxi from JR Ashikaga Station |
| Business hours | Feel free to visit. |
| Tourist association details page | https://www.ashikaga-kankou.jp/spot/tokuzouji |
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Description
It is believed the temple was built at the end of the Heian period and is famous for its 500 Rakan statues, and is rated as one of the three best temples for this in Japan. (Tochigi Prefecture tangible cultural property)
The temple holds important cultural property such as the Sen-Koshin-to (stone monument), Aizen Myo statue said to have been made by Jikakudaishi Ennin at the end of the Heian era.
It is also one of the temples of the Ashikaga Seven Lucky Gods Pilgrimage, praying to the three sided god of success and wealth.