Denpozan Sainenji Temple
Ryukanjo (Flowing Kanjo) and Suijinsai (Water God Festival) Obon Daisegaki (Great Segaki Ceremony) Memorial service for ancestors held in the main hall and on the temple grounds
In the first year of Taika (645), Hodō hermit who came from India built a hermitage here, and it is said to be the place where Buddhism was first introduced to Japan. It is a dojo for Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, and is said to be Japan's oldest burial ground and a syncretistic temple of Buddhism and Shintoism. It is a sacred place for worshiping Tenjin, Jizo, Kannon, Kobo Daishi, and Ryujin, and the pilgrimage to the three Kannons of Mt. Denpo, Mt. Koya, and Mt. Maya began in the Heian period.
Basic information
- Child
- Business hours
- Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00
August 23: 12:00-15:00
- Holidays
- Open year-round
- Access
- Get off at Denpo Station on the Hanshin Namba Line
- Address
- 5-7-4 Denpo, Konohana-ku, Osaka 554-0002
- Telephone
- 06-6461-5602
- Fax
- 06-6465-7227
- URL
- http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/konohana/page/0000001437.html
- Average time
- Within 30 minutes
- Other
- New Year's correction meeting, Setsubun meeting, Shunju Higan meeting (Segaki meeting),
Ryukancho Daisegaki-e, Ten Nights, Eternal Shrine Memorial Service (Spring and Autumn), Special Memorial Service (May, October, December), Mizuko-kyo, Denpo Tenjin,
Prayers to Kobo Daishi, Bishamonten, Hakuryu Daimyojin (the eight great dragon kings), Kannon, Jizo, Hakuryu Daimyojin, a treasure trove of common people's beliefs (folk beliefs)
