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Gansui-ji, Buddhist temple in Hamakita Ward, Japan.

The temple complex features a three-storied wooden pagoda from 1442 and a thirteen-story stone pagoda constructed between 1275 and 1332.

Emperor Shōmu ordered Buddhist priest Gyōki to establish Gansui-ji in 729, though the temple suffered destruction during the Jōkyū War of 1221.

Gansui-ji holds recognition as the fifteenth of twenty-five Kansai flower temples and maintains its position as the fourth of eighteen ancient Shingon temples.

Visitors can reach the temple through Hamakita Station, with regular bus services and the Enshū Railway providing transportation connections to the site.

The temple houses a stone chamber built in 1312 specifically to protect a stone Buddha statue, earning designation as an Important Cultural Property.

Location: Hamakita Ward

Address: 静岡県浜松市浜北区根堅2238

GPS coordinates: 34.84539,137.79333

Latest update: March 7, 2025 18:31

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