Minobu-san Kuonji Temple
Chogon (Morning Service) at Main Hall
Start at 5:30 am from April to September and 6:00 am from October to March.
Everybody can attend this morning service for free every morning.
Hondo | Main Hall
Rebuilding the Main Hall was a desperate desire since it was lost in a big fire in 1875.
Head Priest Nichiren wished to rebuild the Main Hall to mark the 700th anniversary of Nichiren-Shonin's decease.
The next Head Priest, 89th Head Priest Michiko, took over the wish.
The current Main Hall has finally been rebuilt, and the Opening Ceremony with the new Lord Buddha statue was held in May 1985 in the 90th Head Priest Nichiyu.
The Main Hall is full of wooden Buddhist decorations.
The Main Hall covers an area of 970 tsubos (3.200m), has a frontage of 17.5 ken(32m), and is 28 ken (51m) deep.
Both its interior and exterior are made of wood.
The black-and-white painting "BOKURYU" (Black Dragon) on the ceiling by Matazo Kayama is a masterpiece.
It won the prize of Building Constructors' Society in 1986.
The painting is magnificent and suitable for the Main Hall of the Great Head Temple of the Nichiren-Shu Order.
Goju-no-to | Five-storied Pagoda
This five-story Pagoda at Minobusan has been rebuilt under the pious patronage of supporters all over Japan.
The 91st Head Priest Nichiko first earnestly desired to rebuild this Pagoda, and the 92nd Head Priest Nisso completed it.
One hundred thirty years have passed since the last Pagoda was lost in a fire at Minobusan.
The Pagoda's Opening Ceremony was held from May 13th to 17th for five days in a row in 2009.
The Pagoda was originally built at Minobusan in 1619, thanks to the donation of Lady Jufuku-In, Lord Toshitune Maeda's mother, in Kaga Prefecture.
Carpenter Nagatsugu Konoe-no-Kami Suzuki constructed it.
Unfortunately, the first Pagoda burned in 1829 and was lost again in a big fire in 1875, regardless of reconstruction.
The current Pagoda indicates the completion of recovering all Buddhist buildings at Monobusan after the Meiji period.
This is, as it were, a big project of great desperate desire.
This Pagoda has been reconstructed as recovering the original by combining traditional and modern techniques.
SEISHINKSKU SOSHIDO | Our Founder Nichiren-Shonin's Hall
This is the HALL, Where a statue of Nichiren-Shonin is enshrined.
The Hall was rebuilt in 1881 at the time of 74th Head Priest Nichikan.
The Hall originally belonged to the Nezumi—Yama Kannoji Temple, established by the 11th Shogun Benari Tokugawa (feudal governor of Japan) in 1836.
As the Hall was unfortunately abolished in 1841, it was rebuilt here in 1881.
The ceremony to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Nichiren-Shonin's decease was held here.
The magnificent shrine within the Hall, which keeps the statue of Nichiren-Shonin, was donated by supporters in Tokyo.
Supporters in Osaka and Kyoto donated Buddhist instruments for ceremonies, such as the gift canopy and banners.
The shrine on the Hall's altar contains statues of Nichiren-Shonin's parents (Myonichi and Myron) and his six senior disciples.
The letters "RISSHO" on the central beam were written by Showa Emperor in 1931 to commemorate the 650th anniversary of Nichiren-Shonin's decease.
GOSHINKOTSUDO | Nichiren-Shonin's Ashes Hall
The Hall, which enshrined the ashed of Nichiren-Shonin, consists of an octagonal hall and a prayer room.
The Hall was built with ardent donations from believers in Owari Province in the 74th Head priest Nichikan in 1887.
There is a very minute five-storied Pagoda at the center of the Hall.
The Pagoda contains a crystal urn that keeps Nichiren-Shonin's ashes.
Temples from the Nichiren-Shu Order of Mino Provence donated the crystal urn and the lotus base.
The Nichiren Buddhist Association of Nagasaki Prefecture donated the fully detailed five-storied Pagoda and Buddhist canopy.
The images of four Guardian Gods, decorated in gold and silver, were enthusiastically sculpted by Yuio Goto.
BUTSUDEN ・NOHAIDO | Buddha Hall and Memorial Tablet Hall
This Hall was built by the significant donation of believers of Minobusan all over Japan in commemoration of the 650th anniversary of Nichiren-Shonin's decease in the time of 81st Head Priest Nippu in 1931.
Memorial services to offer the believers' ashes and memorial tablets to Minobusan Kuonji Temple are held daily.
Contact the Information Desk(HO-ONKAKU) if you need the services.
HOKKAIDO | Residence for Monks
This Hall contains an office, dormitories, and kitchens.
This is a residence building for monks.
Initially, the Hall was built with the Main Hall and Karamon Gate under the patronage of Lady Zuiryu-In, Lord Hideyoshi Toyotomi's elder sister, to pray for the response of her dead son Hidetsugu during the 18th Head Priest Nichiren in 1608.
Unfortunately, the first Hall was lost in a big fire in 1875.
The current Hall was rebuilt in 1883 with the great help of Minobusan supporters in Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures during the reign of the 74th Head Priest Nichikan.
Suppose you would like to rest or stay here. It would help if you asked at the office in front of HOKIDO.
〒409-2524 Yamanashi Prefecture, Minamikoma District, Minobu, 3567