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Heisenji Hakusan Shrine

Japan, 56 Heisenji, Heisenjicho, Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture 911-0822

"Heisenji" is a base temple for worshiping Hakusan, located at the entrance to the Echizen side of the sacred Mt. Hakusan (altitude 2,702m). In the Middle Ages, it became one of the most influential in the Hokuriku region, and it is said that there were dozens of temples and shrines and thousands of temples in the precincts, which were much larger than the current Hakusan Shrine. However, in the 2nd year of Tensho (1574), the whole mountain was destroyed by fire during the battle against the Ikko Ikki, and most of the things that tell of the past have been lost. However, a full-scale excavation survey that began in 1989 revealed that the remains of the former precincts remain splendidly. The full picture of Heisenji in its glory in the Middle Ages is now being revealed little by little.

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Website https://www.city.katsuyama.fukui.jp/heisenji/
Access
  • ◆Access by car: About 15 minutes from Hokuriku Expressway Fukui Kita JCT and Chubu Jukan Expressway Katsuyama IC ◆Access by bus/train: From JR Fukui Station, take the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line, get off at the last stop, Katsuyama Station, take the Heisenji Line bus for about 13 minutes, and get off at Heisenji Hakusan Jinja Mae. "Dinagon", a holiday-only sightseeing bus, operates from late March to late November.
Language 日本語
Other [Entrance fee] Free However, the National Scenic Beauty "Old Genseiin Garden" is an admission fee of 50 yen. [Parking] Available (4 large buses)
Last Update : 2022.12.28   Katsuyama DMO

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