Mimuroto-ji Temple

Mimuroto-ji Temple is a separate head temple of the head temple Shugen sect, said to have been founded about 1,200 years ago. The temple is the tenth stop on the pilgrimage to the 33 temples of the Saigoku region, a belief in the Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) that spread from the Heian period (794-1185) and is still visited by many people today. Many of the Buddhist paintings and statues in the collection are from the Fujiwara period, including the Reihouden Hall and the famous standing statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, the oldest Seiryouji-style Shakyamuni statue in Japan. The garden is a karesansui (dry landscape garden) and pond garden. The temple is also famous as a temple of flowers, with 20,000 azalea plants in spring and 10,000 hydrangea and lotus flowers in early summer. The temple is also famous for its flowers, with 20,000 azaleas in spring and 10,000 hydrangeas and lotus flowers in early summer. Date of construction: 770 - 780