Kanpuku-ji, Buddhist temple in Katori, Japan

Kanpuku-ji is a Shingon Buzan-ha temple on Mount Myōkō in Makino, Katori, Chiba Prefecture. Its main hall was rebuilt in 1811 by the monk Shūshin, and the grounds also hold a Daishidō built in 1829, a Kannon hall from the Genroku era, and a Fudō hall rebuilt in 1818. The temple is entered from a tree-lined approach that leads past these halls.

According to temple tradition, Kanpuku-ji was founded in 890 by the monk Sonkai. Its main image, a Shō Kannon, was revered as the protective Buddha of Taira no Masakado. The temple became a prayer site for the Chiba clan and later for the Inō family of Sawara, and in the Edo period it headed 53 branch temples as a center of Yakuyoke Daishi worship.

The temple preserves four bronze Buddhist statues classified as Important Cultural Properties, transferred here from Katori Shrine during the Meiji era. The site shows the typical separation between Shinto and Buddhist traditions that reshaped religious life during that period.

Kanpuku-ji is about 25 minutes on foot from JR Sawara Station, or reachable by bus to the Kanpuku-ji stop (JR Bus Kanto to Tako, Chiba Kotsu to Yamakura); the Kanto Railway Asou highway bus stops at Yasaka Shrine, 15 minutes away. Goma prayer reservations close one hour before the 9:00-16:30 reception. The temple bell is rung on 31 December from 23:00, with reception from 10:00.

The temple ranks as one of the three major Kobo Daishi temples in the Kanto region dedicated to protection from bad luck and misfortune. Many visitors come here to participate in special rituals rooted in the Shingon Buddhist tradition.