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Hongan-ji Temple: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

Hongan-ji , also archaically romanized as Hongwan-ji, is the collective name of the largest school of the Jōdo Shinshū branch of Buddhism in Japan, which is subdivided into Nishi (Western) and Higashi (Eastern) branches.

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Hongan-ji Temple in pictures3 photos
Corpse Reviver · cc-by-3.0 · Jul 17, 2009
Corpse Reviver · cc-by-3.0 · Jul 17, 2009
Corpse Reviver · cc-by-3.0 · Jul 17, 2009

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