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Hofukutera

Hofukutera (寶福寺) is a quiet Koyasan Shingon temple set amid the rice paddies of Shimosho, a rural district of Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture. Its name was born from a merger — in 1889 two older temples, Hōshōji and Reifukuji, combined their lineage and took one character each to form "Hōfukuji." Both parent houses trace their founding to the legendary Nara-period monk Hōgan Daishi in 754, making the spiritual heritage here well over twelve centuries old. Today the temple serves as the sixth stop on the Nakabeni Shikoku pilgrimage circuit and the thirtieth of the Saigoku thirty-temple route, drawing pilgrims who come to worship its principal image, a Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha) carved roughly four hundred years ago. The neat grounds feature a main hall, residential quarters, and a mountain gate and bell tower newly completed in 1993, all framed by open farmland.

Tanokuchi Historic Townscape (Ryūmairi Pilgrimage Route)

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Kurashiki · JP

Tanokuchi Historic Townscape (Ryūmairi Pilgrimage Route)

In the Kojima peninsula of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, a quiet streetscape preserves the memory of one of western Japan's great popular pilgrimages. Tanokuchi's Ryūmairi Sandō was the southern approach route walked by thousands of Edo-period pilgrims who traveled by boat across the Seto Inland Sea to worship at both Kotohira-gū in Shikoku and Yuga-san on the mainland — the so-called ryūmairi, or 'dual shrine visit.' Today the route carries no crowds, but traditional merchant houses with namako walls, bug-cage windows, and fine wooden lattice still line the road from the port toward the mountain, alongside stone markers, a monumental torii, and rare Bizen-yaki guardian lions that face out to sea toward Shikoku.

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Japan · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Kurashiki.

Find places to visit in Kurashiki. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

Place of worship

Kurashiki · JP

Hofukutera

Hofukutera (寶福寺) is a quiet Koyasan Shingon temple set amid the rice paddies of Shimosho, a rural district of Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture. Its name was born from a merger — in 1889 two older temples, Hōshōji and Reifukuji, combined their lineage and took one character each to form "Hōfukuji." Both parent houses trace their founding to the legendary Nara-period monk Hōgan Daishi in 754, making the spiritual heritage here well over twelve centuries old. Today the temple serves as the sixth stop on the Nakabeni Shikoku pilgrimage circuit and the thirtieth of the Saigoku thirty-temple route, drawing pilgrims who come to worship its principal image, a Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha) carved roughly four hundred years ago. The neat grounds feature a main hall, residential quarters, and a mountain gate and bell tower newly completed in 1993, all framed by open farmland.

Tourist attraction

Kurashiki · JP

Tanokuchi Historic Townscape (Ryūmairi Pilgrimage Route)

In the Kojima peninsula of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, a quiet streetscape preserves the memory of one of western Japan's great popular pilgrimages. Tanokuchi's Ryūmairi Sandō was the southern approach route walked by thousands of Edo-period pilgrims who traveled by boat across the Seto Inland Sea to worship at both Kotohira-gū in Shikoku and Yuga-san on the mainland — the so-called ryūmairi, or 'dual shrine visit.' Today the route carries no crowds, but traditional merchant houses with namako walls, bug-cage windows, and fine wooden lattice still line the road from the port toward the mountain, alongside stone markers, a monumental torii, and rare Bizen-yaki guardian lions that face out to sea toward Shikoku.