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Kōon-ji, Buddhist temple in Kaizuka, Japan.

The Kannon Hall of Kōon-ji features a precise square layout of 12.72 meters on each side with a pyramid-shaped tiled roof structure.

Originally built in 726 under Emperor Shōmu's directive, the temple underwent reconstruction in 1684 and later incorporated the Kannon Hall from Kannon-ji in 1914.

The temple houses 19 Important Cultural Properties, including a wooden Amida Nyorai statue and an eleven-headed Kannon from the Heian period.

The temple complex contains multiple stone structures, including a five-story stone pagoda from 1348 and several stone steles from the Tenshō period.

The Kannon Hall earned the name Kuginashi-dō due to its construction method, which used no nails to assemble the entire wooden structure.

Location: Kaizuka

Part of: 和泉西国三十三箇所

GPS coordinates: 34.39710,135.39452

Latest update: March 5, 2025 10:35

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