A Soto Zen temple in Shirako, Wako City, enshrining Shakyamuni Buddha. The name means 'temple that delivers virtue,' embodying the mission of bringing Buddhist blessings to all people. It has served the community through the area's transformation from farming village to Tokyo suburb.
Tokujoji Temple is a Shingon Buddhist temple traditionally said to have been founded around 1450 (Hotoku 2), during the mid-Muromachi period. Details of its founding circumstances and opening priest have not been clearly recorded, but it is believed to have been established in Shirako, then an agric…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "釈迦如来"
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