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Hōdō-in, Buddhist temple in Minami-Ikebukuro, Japan.

Hōdō-in is a Nichiren Shōshū church in Minami-Ikebukuro 1-chōme, Toshima, Tokyo, at 1-13-16, five minutes on foot from Ikebukuro Station. It was founded in 1899 by Nisshō, the 56th head priest of Taisekiji, and its successive supervisors include Nissho, the future 68th head priest. The grounds also keep a cemetery, Hōraku-in, in Kasuga-chō, Noda, Chiba Prefecture.

Hōdō-in was founded in 1899 by Nisshō, the 56th high priest of Taisekiji, the head temple of Nichiren Shōshū. Between 1948 and 1957 Asai Jinbee, founder of the Myōshin-kō group, belonged to it and briefly led it before leaving in 1957. In 1978 about 200 people under Ōkusa Kazuo transferred to Rikyōbō amid internal conflict, and from 1993 to 2005 the future 68th high priest Nichinyo served as its fourth head.

Hōdō-in belongs to the Nichiren Shōshū school, whose head temple is Taisekiji at the foot of Mount Fuji. The temple is a kyōkai, a local church or meeting hall rather than a parish temple with a cemetery. Its name is written 法道院, and the grounds stand in Minami-Ikebukuro, a short walk from the west side of Ikebukuro Station.

Hōdō-in stands at 1-13-16 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima ward, about five minutes on foot from Ikebukuro Station, served by the Yamanote line, Tokyo Metro, Tobu Tojo line and Seibu Ikebukuro line. The temple also holds a cemetery, Hōraku-in, at 28-2 Kasuga-chō in Noda, Chiba Prefecture. The Nishi-Ikebukuro department store and Toshima Municipal Minami-Ikebukuro Elementary School stand nearby.

The temple is a Nichiren Shōshū church, not a temple with gardens. Its founder was Nisshō, the 56th head priest of Taisekiji, in 1899. The fourth chief priest, Nichinyo, later became the 68th head priest of Nichiren Shōshū. The temple also has a cemetery in Noda, Chiba Prefecture.

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Minami-Ikebukuro
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1899
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