Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Buddhist temple

Sanpuku-ji

三福寺(さんぷくじ)

Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture

A Jōdo-school temple in Sakuradai, Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, with the formal name Kuhonzan Zenkō-in. Its principal image is Zenkō-ji Nyorai, and it passes on the Jōdo-school teaching of reciting Namu Amida Butsu.

English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む

Prayers associated with this place

Principal image: Zenkō-ji Nyorai

History and things to know

According to the official guide, it is said to be a Jōdo-school temple opened in 1555, in the Muromachi period, by 南蓮社忍譽西光上人北海慧慶大和尚, and it has had Zenkō-ji Nyorai as its principal image since its founding. Its mountain name is Kuhonzan, its in-name Zenkō-in, and its temple name Sanpuku-ji.

Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.

Before you visit

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Sources (in Japanese)

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