1906年（明治39年）に稲田源宗坊により建立された本寺院は、独特の仏像が山間の境内に点在し、戦後、駐留外国人も畏敬の念を表し、神々の谷として知られておりました
竹林、紅葉、清らかな名水や鳥の鳴き声等、四季折々の表情を見せる本寺院にぜひ一度お参りください
About Gensoubo-ji
Valley of the Gods
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Genso-boji temple, established by Gensobo Inada in 1906, has about 35 Buddhist statues dotting the temple site situated in a dense forest, and 13 of them were designed and built by Gensobo Inada himself.
Some of them were hit and damaged by floods several times, but miraculously his statues have been keeping their original appearance.
Foreign troops stationed in the postwar era visited the temple site too, awed by the Buddhist statues dotted in the temple grounds with rich nature, and they called the temple site the Valley of the Gods.
Gensobo-ji temple has been known to those in the know, but we always welcome visitors to our temple where you can enjoy rich natural resources, such as bamboo woods, maples, limpid water, and singing birds, in the forests exhibiting colorful seasonal changes.
After training himself by making a pilgrimage around the country, Gensobo Inada chose the current temple site, where for three years he only ate tree roots and buds to practice severe training in a cave called Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Buddhist concepts.
Wishing to save people from illness and suffering, Inada infused herbs to feed the sick and build the Buddhist statues, wherein he enshrined his soul.
Left picture: Rising dragon
The water fountain in front of the main hall provides natural spring water drawn from its source within the precincts of the temple, where many of the visitors have been enjoying its quality taste.
As it is proved by the water quality certificate, the spring water has been extremely clear, delicious and healthy water: The spring water meets the requirements for a quality spring water that was standardized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the former Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. The water is extremely clear, refreshing and delicious, and is a healthy and good quality water excellent for direct drinking, tea, cooking, mixing with alcohol, or any other consumption.
The evidence is attached in another page.