Virtual Arima County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #6 Gokuraku-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Gokuraku-ji Temple was founded in Tsukumono Hamlet, Hata Village, Arima County, Settsu Province.  Tsukumono means production.  It is said that there used to be the manor of Hata Clan when Emperor Tachibana no Toyohi reigned from 585 to 587.

     According to Nihonshoki, the Chronicles of Japan, whose editing was finished in 720, Hata Clan was an immigrant clan from or through Korea Peninsula.  The clan had been active in Japan since the Kofun period (about 300-538).

     Some members of the clan founded Hata Shrine and built a workshop in Tsukumono.  Sometime, Tsukumono came to have its own shrine, Tsukumono-Hachioji Shrine, and temple, Gokuraku-ji Temple.

Address: Tsukumono-884 Hatacho, Kita Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-1343

Phone: 078-982-0189

Hata Shrine

Address: Shimoonada−284 Hatacho, Kita Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-1352

Phone: 078-951-0320

Tsukumono-Hachioji Shrine

Address: Tsukumono-361-2 Hatacho, Kita Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-1343

Phone: 078-575-8724