This route starts from the Minobusan So-mon Gate, passes along Monnai Shopping Street, Niccho-do Hall, Kuon-ji Temple, the former site of the Goso-an, and San-mon Gate, and returns to So-mon Gate. Visitors feel the liveliness of the stores on the shopping street, see unique Buddhist altars and fittings sold in the area, and experience the steam and aroma wafting through the air from shops making Minobu manju, the popular local specialty rice cakes. It is also possible to visit major temples and Buddhist monks’ residences (Bo), the former site of Goso-an and the Tumulus (Gobyo-sho) to feel their sacred atmosphere.
Distance : About 4 km / Required Time : About 1 Hours / On foot
Starting point : Nakamachi Parkin-lot
Goal point : Nakamachi Parkin-lot
COURSE MAP
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- 01Nakamachi Parkin-lot
- 02San-mon Gate
- 0.6km / 10 min on foot
- 03Site of Goso-an
- 0km / 0 min on foot
- 04Grave Site of Nichiren Shonin
- 1km / 15 min on foot
- 05Main Hall
- 0km / 0 min on foot
- 06Minobusan (Mount Minobu) Homotsukan (Minobusan Kuon-ji Temple Treasure Museum)
- 0.3km / 15 min on foot
- 07Five-storied Pagoda
- 0km / 0 min on foot
- 08Big Bell
- 0.05km / 1 min on foot
- 09Soshi-do Hall (A Hall Enshrining the Founder of the Sect)
- 0.05km / 1 min on foot
- 10Houon Kaku (Reception and Rest Building)
- 0km / 0 min on foot
- 11Weeping Cherry
- 0km / 0 min on foot
- 12Goshinkotu-do Hall (A Hall Storing Nichiren’s Remains)
- 0.05km / 1 min on foot
- 13Kaiki-do Hall
- 0.05km / 1 min on foot
- 14Shaka-do Hall (A Hall Enshrining Buddha’s Statue) / Nohai-do Hall (A Hall Storing the Buddhist Memorial Tablets)
- 0.05km / 1 min on foot
- 15Buddha Hall
- 0.1km / 2 min on foot
- 16Kanro-mon Gate
- 0.7km / 15 min on foot
- 17Suimei-ro
- 1.3km / 25 min on foot
- 18Nakamachi Parkin-lot