It is also called "Tornado Temple" because it has been hit by tornadoes and fires.

 
Closed Day Open daily
Opening Times 9:00~ 16:30 
The principal image is open to the public.

 
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Honzon
(
Principal image of the Buddha)

Juichimen Kannon (Eleven-faced Kannon bodjisattva)

School shingon sect daikakuji school
Founder (a person who provided financial support for the construction of a temple or a well-known person who lent support) minamoto-no-yoritomo (The first Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate)
Kaisan (the monk who first founded the temple, the first chief priest) mongaku
Sangou (the name that is added before the name of the temple) Nanko-san
Spring  
Summer Crape Myrtle(July to September)、cotton rose hibiscus(August to October)
Fall  
Winter Camellia(December to April)
 
Kamakura 13 Nyorai Buddhas, No. 17

Juichimen Kannon
(Eleven-faced Kannon bodjisattva)

It is in the main hall.

 


 
There is Hondo(main hall).

In 1181 , Minamoto no Yoritomo (first Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate) invited Mongaku Shonin to be the first chief priest and built the temple.
Mongaku was a Shingon school monk active from the Heian to Kamakura periods.

The Tale of the Heike describes the ascetic practices of Mongaku Shonin.
He was exiled to Izu in anger after he forced Emperor Goshirakawa to restore Jingo-ji Temple. It is said that he became acquainted with Minamoto no Yoritomo in Izu Peninsula and helped him raise an army . It is said that this temple ( Kiganji temple ) is where Minamoto no Yoritomo made wishes to Buddha .
① There is the principal image Juichimen Kannon (Eleven-faced Kannon bodjisattva)

 It was made in the Heian period.
 It is Kamakura 13 Nyorai Buddhas, No. 17.

② There is Yakushi nyorai(medicine buddha,bhaisajyagur)
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There is Nikko kannon Bodhisattva.

There is Gekko kannon Bodhisattva

The Kamakura Festival is held on the second and third Sundays of April .


 

 There is a red flag of the Heike clan. 

It is said that this red flag was held by the head of the Taira clan, Taira-no-Munemori (a Taira military commander , nobleman, and third son of Taira Kiyomori), until the end when the Taira clan was destroyed .
It is said that Minamoto no Yoritomo donated this red flag to Fudarakuji Temple .

It is open to the public from the second or third Sunday in April until the end of May.

telephone number
0467-22-8559
address
6-7-31 Zaimokuza, Kamakura City

① From the East Exit of JR Kamakura Station, take the bus bound for Zushi Station via Kotsubo and get off at Zaimokuza. From there, it's about a 2-minute walk.
② From the East Exit of JR Kamakura Station, it's about a 22-minute walk. (It's about 1.7 km.)

Fudarakuji temple

6-7-31 Zaimokuza, Kamakura City

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