Shakubu-ji, Buddhist temple in Kita ward, Kobe, Japan

Shakubu-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kita ward, Kobe, on the site of a mountaintop castle. Its Yakushi-do hall, a five-by-five-bay irimoya-roofed building from the Muromachi period, and its three-story pagoda, 24.41 m tall and sheathed in copper, are both Important Cultural Properties.

Founded in 651 by the monk Hōdō on the order of Emperor Kōtoku, the temple venerates a Jizō bodhisattva called Enmei Jizō. Tradition credits Gyōki with building the Yakushi-dō in 747 and Emperor Saga's decree with the three-storey pagoda in 823. In 1974 the temple and its surroundings were designated a cultural environment preservation area together with Jūrin-in and Chikurin-ji.

Shakubu-ji gives its name to the surrounding cultural environment preservation area designated in 1974, together with Jūrin-in and Chikurin-ji. In 1997 it was chosen for Kobe's "New 50 Flower Spots" list, so the grounds are known for seasonal flowers as well as for the temple buildings.

Shakubu-ji stands in Kobe's Kita ward, reached from Sanda Station on the JR Fukuchiyama Line or Kobe Electric Railway, then about 30 minutes by Shinki Bus to the Nose stop and a short walk. By car it is roughly 10 km west of the Nishinomiya-Kita interchange on the Chugoku Expressway. The temple keeps company with Jūrin-in and Chikurin-ji in a cultural environment preservation area designated in 1974.

The three-storey pagoda, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, rises 24.41 metres, making it one of the tallest pagodas of its kind among Japan's Important Cultural Properties. It is roofed in copper sheeting and, like the Yakushi-dō, dates to the Muromachi period. The temple grounds were designated a cultural environment preservation area in 1974 together with Jūrin-in and Chikurin-ji.