Virtual Honjo Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #32 Torin-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Torin-ji Temple was founded.  It belongs to Caodong Chan School.  As Hanahatamachi has Jonen-ji and Renge-ji Temples, the area might have formed a defensive line in the east of the Honjo Castle.  Torin literally means East Woods.

     For your information, Renge-ji Temple’s precincts have the graves of low-ranking samurai such as Wada Kosaku (?-1868), Kamata Shibashi (?-1868), and Ishikawa Onnojo (?-1868), who were all killed in the Boshin War, in which the Tokugawa Shogunate was destroyed.  As the 3 samurai belonged to the Honjo Domain, they fought against the shogunate.

Address: 1 Chome-82 Hanabatamachi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0075

Phone: 0184-22-3437

Jonen-ji Temple (Pure Land Buddhism)

Address: 2 Chome Hanabatamachi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0075

Phone: 0184-22-3655

Renge-ji Temple

Address: 2-chome-57-1 Hanabatamachi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0075

Phone: 0184-24-5918