源宗坊 Gensou-bo Gensobo Temple
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Gensobo located in Kure City, Hiroshima Pref. is a temple founded by a Buddhist priest Inada Genso in 1906. Priest Genso had traveled around the country doing austere training for three years and decided to save people suffering from illness. He built a temple, grew and brewed herbs, took care of sick people and carved images of Buddha. Now there are 15 Buddhist statues standing along the path in the precinct. When the temple was founded, the precinct was finely arranged like a park filled with seasonal flowers, but it has been damaged by flood three times and some of the stone statues were destroyed. At the present day, the temple is maintained by Priest Genso’s grandson, Mr. Shogen Harada, who hopes the precinct is used as the place of relaxation by the visitors.
- address
- 3 Shimizu, Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan 737-0022
- name
- Gensobo Temple