Higashi Hongan-ji

The Higashi Hongan -ji (Japanese东 本 愿 寺) is the younger of the twin temples of the Hongan -ji, whose massive Miei - dō (御 影 堂, Founder's Hall ), and its main gate is often the first historic building, the Visitors from the station go to Kyoto to the north to get to the face. It is located in Shimogyo -ku district.

The Higashi Hongan -ji is the head temple of the Shinshu sect Jōdo Otani -ha, but mostly operates only under the name of this temple.

He sees the Nishi Hongan- ji confusingly similar with its Buddha Hall ( Amida dō ) and founder of the larger hall. The Miei - dō of the Higashi Hongan -ji in its present form was built in 1895 and boasts to be the largest wooden building in the world.

At some distance from Higashi Hongan -ji is the Shoseien garden, which is in the possession of the temple. The poet and scholar Ishikawa Jozan and the landscape architect Kobori Enshu to have influenced the plant in the 17th century.

For some confusion attended the 1987, official renaming of the temple in Shinshu Honbyo, or Shinshu Mausoleum. He is, however, still considered Higashi Hongan -ji and inscribed. In 1996, a new Higashi Hongan -ji in Kyoto Higashiyama Ostbergen by Otani Korin was built the 25th abbot of the Buddhist sect.