Hōnen-ji Temple, Buddhist temple in Takamatsu, Japan.

Hōnen-ji is a Jōdo-shū temple at the foot of the Busshōzan hill in Takamatsu, formally called Busshōzan Raigō-in Hōnen-ji. Its main hall, rebuilt in 1907, has a wide grey tiled hip-and-gable roof with upturned corners; below the eaves, white plaster panels alternate with dark brown timber and lattice slats, and one bay hangs a round white curtain bearing a dark crest. Stone lanterns stand at ground level before the wooden facade.

The temple began in 1207, when Hōnen, founder of the Jōdo sect, stopped at Komatsu-no-shō in Naka district (now Mannō) and Shōfuku-ji was built there. In 1668 Matsudaira Yorishige, first lord of Takamatsu and elder brother of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, renamed it Hōnen-ji and moved it to its present site over three years. He levelled the hill behind it for the Hannya-dai, the Matsudaira burial ground, making the temple the clan's family temple.

The temple's name comes from Hōnen, the founder of the Jōdo-shū school, who was exiled to Sanuki in 1207 and stopped at a temple in Komatsu. The main image is a standing Amida Buddha said to have been made by Hōnen himself. The temple is the second stop on the twenty-five sacred sites of Hōnen and holds a Daikokuten of the Sanuki Seven Lucky Gods.

The Shoin, Main Hall and Three Buddha Hall interiors are open to visitors from 8:30 to 17:00. The temple stands in the Busshōzan area of Takamatsu, and the Matsudaira family graves on the hill behind it, called Hannya-dai, are reached by a climb. The Nizō-dō hall burned down on 13 January 2014.

The grounds feature a path called Niga Byakudo that guides visitors on a symbolic journey toward the Raigodo Hall. This path represents a religious concept and adds deeper meaning to walking through the site.