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Tokoin Haginotera Temple

An eternal holy site with over 1,300 years of history where Japanese clover blooms. Also selected as an entry in the 100 Views of Osaka Greenery. It is holy site 12 on the new Western Japan pilgrimage, and holy site one on the Western Japan Seven Lucky Gods pilgrimage. The temple also has deep ties to the bodhisattva Gyoki.
It is believed that Tokoin Haginotera Temple is the holy site at which the priest Gyoki conducted Japan's first cremations for commoners. The temple reveres a statue of Yakushi Nyorai erected by Gyoki as its principal object of worship, although it is not normally viewable by the public. The temple also cultivates around 1,300 Japanese clover or hagi flowers, the flower of mourning, on its grounds, and has been known by the nickname "Haginotera" (the Japanese clover temple) since ancient times. Even now, roughly 3,000 flowers bloom every autumn when the "Hagi-matsuri Doryo-sai" festival is held. This is also a temple in the tradition of the Toshogu Shrine that once stood in Osaka. In addition to the principal Yakushi Nyorai statue venerated here, originally a gift from Ieyasu Tokugawa's eldest daughter, the temple venerates numerous other objects. Among them are a Doryo Daiongen bodhisattva statue dispatched from another temple by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, an eleven-faced Kannon statue sent by a child of Emperor Go-Daigo, a chinless statue of the bodhisattva Jizo from the Oki Islands, and more. The grounds also feature monuments bearing poetry from renowned haiku writers like Kyoshi Takahama and Masaoka Shiki among others, drawing countless visitors with literary interests. The Shuroen Garden on the premises was named by noted artist Kitaoji Rosanjin, and was selected as one of the 100 Views of Osaka Greenery.

Basic information

Open
9:00 - 17:00
Holidays
No designated days closed
Price
¥200 (¥500 during events)
Languages
None
Directions
4-minute walk from Sone Station on the Hankyu Takarazuka Line
Location
1-12-7 Minami Sakurazuka, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka, 561-0882
Tel
06-6852-3002
Fax
06-6843-3876
URL
http://www.haginotera.or.jp/
Average time
30 minutes - 1 hour (times start from 1 hour if you wish for guidance)
Other
[Monthly Events] 1st of every month - Doryo Daigongen Otsuitachi Mairi 24th of every month - Ogonashi Jizo temple festival Third Saturday of every month - Zazen-e meditation First Saturday of every month - Shakyo-e sutra tracing [Annual Events] From January 1st to January 15th - Ninko Tenno Gochokugan Bishamon Tenno Hatsumode (first shrine visit of the year) January 7th - Fukumeguri pilgrimage walk February 3rd - Setsubun star festival Last Sunday in March - Spring Higan Osegaki service Beginning of May (Golden Week) - Thirty-three Kannon festival Second Sunday in July - Bon Osegaki festival August 23rd - Jizo Bon children's festival August 24th - Agonashi Jizo longevity festival Mid to late September - Hagi Matsuri Doryo clover festival September 23rd - Festival for lasting world peace and prayer for symbiosis with nature September 23rd - Doryo Daigongen Saito Ogoma service September 24rd - Autumn Higan Osegaki service Second Saturday in December - Daihanya Kito-e prayer December 31st - New Year's Eve special night time viewing

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