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最福寺, Buddhist temple in Kagoshima, Japan

Saifukuji is a single, independent temple of the Shingon tradition in the Hirakawa district of Kagoshima, on the slope of Mount Eboshi. Its main hall, the Daibutsuden, holds a wooden statue of Benzaiten made by the sculptor Matsumoto Myokei, 18.5 metres tall. The main image is a standing Fudo Myoo carved by the Kyoto sculptor Tanaka Fumiya.

According to its official temple tradition, Saifukuji was founded in the Muromachi period, but the present temple was established as a religious corporation in 1988 and effectively rebuilt in 1989 by its current abbot, Keikan Ikeguchi. Its main image, a standing statue of Fudo Myoo, was carved by the Kyoto sculptor Fumiya Tanaka.

The temple is a single independent establishment, not part of the Koyasan Shingon school; another Saifukuji of that school stands in Murasakibaru, Kagoshima. Its main image is a standing Fudo Myoo carved by the Kyoto sculptor Tanaka Fumiya, and the Great Buddha Hall holds a wooden Benzaiten 18.5 m tall made by Matsumoto Myokei. Chief priest Ikeguchi Ekan, known as an adviser to politicians and a teacher to athletes and writers, has led the temple since its 1989 establishment.

The temple stands at 4850 Hirakawa-cho, Kagoshima, about 10 minutes by car from Hirakawa Station on the Ibusuki-Makurazaki line, and a bus stop sits at the entrance. Note that a separate temple also named Saifukuji, of the Koyasan Shingon school, is in Murasakibaru 2-chome in the same city. Hirakawa Zoo is nearby.

The temple's main hall, the Daibutsuden, holds a wooden Benzaiten statue 18.5 metres tall, carved by the sculptor Matsumoto Myōkei. The temple also keeps a standing Fudō Myōō image made by the Kyoto sculptor Tanaka Fumiya. The site is a single independent temple, not part of the Kōyasan Shingon school.

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