A Jodo Buddhist temple in Atsugi, enshrining Amida Nyorai. Located in the town center, it has served as the local parish temple since the Edo period. The six Jizo statues in the grounds provide a place of prayer for the deceased.
Jokanji Temple is said to have been founded around 1600, during the Keicho era, and belongs to the Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhist sect, enshrining Amida Nyorai as its principal image. As Atsugi-juku developed into an important post town and river-crossing point on the Sagami River during the early Edo pe…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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