Walk in Zenkoji Buddhist Temple – Nagano City, Japan

Walk in Zenkoji Buddhist Temple – Nagano City, Japan

Zenkō-ji (善光寺, Temple of the Benevolent Light) is a Buddhist temple located in Walk in Nagano City (長野市), Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century. The modern city of Nagano began as a town built around the temple.

Zenkō-ji was founded before Buddhism in Japan split into several different sects. It currently belongs to both the Tendai and Jōdoshū schools of Mahayana Buddhism, and is co-managed by twenty-five priests from the former school, and fourteen from the latter.

The temple enshrines images of the Amida Buddha. According to legend, the image, having caused dispute between two clans, was dumped into a canal. It was later rescued by Honda Yoshimitsu. The temple was thus named “Zenkō,” according to the Chinese transliteration of Yoshimitsu’s name.

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