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Myohon-ji Temple, Kamakura

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By NobuTose On January 18, 2018

鎌倉の比企谷にあるこのお寺は紫陽花の見頃、紅葉の見頃がいつも鎌倉で一番遅いので有名です。他にも春の花として桜と海棠が有名です。 more »

This temple located in hiki-Valley of the Kamakura hydrangea flowers, autumn flowers, always the slowest in Kamakura is famous. Also as a flower of the spring cherry blossoms and Metro is famous.

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By YUTAKKOBAYASHI On November 15, 2017

鎌倉駅東口から若宮大路を横切りさらに住宅地を歩くこと徒歩７～８分で妙本寺に辿り着きます。道標を見つけるようお薦めします。木々が生い茂り木漏れ陽が落ち着きのある空間を演出していました。短時間で静かな散策を楽しみたい人にぴったりです。 more »

Walk from the East exit of Kamakura station wakamiya ōji crosses and residential walk-follow and arrive at a certain myohon in 8 minutes. We recommend finding a signpost. Was exquisite carvings, Komorebi is restless. It is perfect for those who enjoy a quiet stroll in a short period of time.

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By matabi On July 20, 2017

観光客も多くなく、とても静かで落ち着いた日蓮宗のお寺です。何か素晴らしい建築物や仏像があるわけではありませんが、お寺の境内にいると落ち着いた気分になれます。ただただ落ち着いた雰囲気を求める人だけに訪れていただきたいと感じました。 more »

Is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect without lots of tourists, in a very quiet, calm. And isn't there something wonderful buildings and Buddhist statues, in the precincts of the temple that sober feeling can be found. I felt I wanted to visit only those who seek nothing but relaxed atmosphere.

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By Tony Alexander On December 5, 2017

God has come through here, that's how much I love this place personally. The monks burn incense so much through-out the day that you can smell the fragrance all around the temple grounds outside. Autumn is definitely the season to be out and about in Myohonji. It was breath taking. When you enter through the main gates, put a coin in the box, bow and clap. The main hall is huge. Postcards and travel magazines fail to capture the true scale of the place; you quite literally have to be there standing there....just being there. The fall foliage gracing the temple's trellises. There's a distant bell bellowing sounds of souls through the gardens eaves and creeks. I have found my favorite temple of souls. Love it here.

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By Thomas Roux On May 28, 2017

Very big ancient all wooden shrine with a huge tile roof. Located at the bottom of a small valley, it is a very peaceful place surrounded by nature and birds songs. All the park around the shrine is used as a cemetery, with a lot of variations in the graves styles and sizes. There is a big statue of Nichiren, the monk that inspired this shrine. The gate and main building have nice carvings, quite worth seeing. You can't get inside the building, but you can see. Visiting the place is free.

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By Jeremy Hulette On July 7, 2016

beautiful, can get very crowded in high season!

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By Tristan Pott On December 24, 2012

This temple in particular is very picturesque

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By 松柏 On November 7, 2017

鎌倉幕府の執権北条氏の政略により滅ぼされた比企一族の菩提を弔うため、生き残った比企大学能本公が日蓮聖人に託して創建した古刹、長興山妙本寺。鎌倉有数の大寺院ながら観光地化しておらず、参道が長く、緑が豊かで、心静かに参拝できます。私の御首題帖を観た尼僧さんからは、励ましの御言葉を戴きました。東京都大田区の長栄山本門寺(池上本門寺)、千葉県松戸市の長谷山本土寺とは兄弟のような関係といえるかと思います。それぞれの山号・寺号から「三長三本の道場」と称されます。

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Hiki-University of 能本 Duke survived the hiki clan was overthrown by the Kamakura shogunate Regency Hōjō clan politics for the entrusted to Nichiren, built temples, Changxing myohon mountain. While the great temples of Kamakura's leading tourism does not approach, you can visit lush, quiet, green. From nuns who saw his smallsealed album of my words of encouragement we have received. I think hase mainland temple of OTA-Ku Tokyo, choei mountain honmon-ji Temple (Ikegami honmon-ji Temple), Matsudo city, Chiba Prefecture, said brother relationship. Each referred to "三長 three Dojo' from the mountain and hachirozaemon.

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