Taiyū-ji Temple — Attraction in Osaka

I stepped out of Higashi-Umeda Station Exit No.4, and walked through a narrow watering-hole alley east. I went under an elevated highway. After a couple of blocks, I found Taiyu-ji Temple on my left.

Osaka 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #1 Taiyu-ji Temple Kukai (774-835) found a holy tree with fragrance in the forest where Taiyu-ji Temple is located today. He carved Ksitigarbha and Vaisravana statues out of the wood, built a hermitage, and enshrined the statues in it. Emperor Saga (786-842) found the story interesting and visited the statues next year. He presented his own guardian Buddhist image, which is the thousand-armed Sahasrabhuja statue, the main deity of Taiyu-ji Temple. In 843, the emperor's 12th son, Minamoto Toru (822-895), visited the hermitage, presented 8 hectares of land, built a full-scale temple, and named it Taiyu-ji as his name Toru was also pronounced Yu in the Chinese-style pronunciation. In the Siege of Osaka in 1615, the temple burned down. It was revived at the turn of the 18th century. The temple was reduced to ashes in one of 5 air raids in June, 1945. The Sahasrabhuja statue, however, had been evacuated to Mt. Koya, and had a narrow escape...

I visited Osaka, Japan back in 2016 - so this review is from the past. But I found these photos and I wanted to share them. I'm 31, from Kansas of the USA and I visited Osaka, Japan back during the Autumn of 2016.

This Temple that my friend and I visited was just beautiful and although I didn't record it for a vlog - I had a lovely talk with some of the locals and I learned a bit about the Temple and its History. I remember thinking just how beautiful it was, how well maintained and just nice it was. The staff who worked on-sight were very polite and friendly - they answered questions I had.

Overall, visiting this Temple was a very unique experience and I'm honored to have had the...

A small humble temple located near Osaka Umeda station. Able to visit here because I was staying nearby. At the entrance, the courtyard seemed to be a little small at first with an area of small pebbles drawn in circles. Very neat indeed. Walk around the courtyard and it will bring you to the main temple complex which is much larger. Here even when I came in the morning, there was already a small crowd, although they were all locals. Maybe it's because, this is not a very touristy place. There are prayer letters strung up on threads, and candles lit up, both making it quite serene and peaceful. And the occasional deep sound of brass bells. A good place to visit if you are in...