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A Jodo nembutsu temple founded around 1450 in Kozu, offering spiritual support to Tokaido travelers at a stop without a formal post station through Pure Land prayer.
8 min walk from JR Kozu Station
2025 Kozu, Odawara, Kanagawa
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A Jodo Buddhist temple in Kozu dedicated to Amitabha Buddha, offering a place of nembutsu prayer for Tokaido travelers. Its Amida statue from the early Edo period and stone memorial pillars reflect the deep-rooted Pure Land faith of this coastal community.
Shofuku-ji is a Jodo Buddhist temple dedicated to Amitabha Buddha, said to have been founded around 1450 (Hotoku 2) during the Muromachi period. It is believed to have served as a center for the propagation of Pure Land Buddhism in the western Sagami region, providing a place of nembutsu prayer for …
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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