Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin


Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station.
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History

In the Keicho era, it established in Asakusa Nichirin Temple as the Edo duty place of Kōyasan's learning priest. In the first year of the Meireki Era, the temple was bestowed the land in Nihon enoki at Shiba by Shogunate, then was named Kōyasan Edo Zaibansho Kōya-ji.

Position in various pilgrimage circuits

  • Go-Funai 88-kasho - 1st place　
  • Kanto 88-kasho - Special Sacred Place　
  • Edo 33-kasho - 29th place