Yonago Temple Town

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The Temple Town of Yonago, Teramachi 寺町



This is a small village in itself, with more then 10 temples, most of them aligned on the one main road. The temples hold the graves of the townspeople since the Edo period and older.





During the strong earthquake in 2001 a lot of damage was done to the buildings and compounds, so now they all look rather new and well cleaned up.

New Temple Gate



Many new stone lanterns of the same type are in the temple gardens.




Words to live by ...








Temple gate with carvings


Dragon Carving in the Gables


New orange roof tiles and stone lanterns


Graves of the unknown, Mu-en Botoke


Temple hall for Myoken Bosatsu


Striped walls of the Temple Gates
a closer look !



My Story about
Grandmother Okamoto
Toy Store in the Temple Town









peace for the world !
just some flowers
by the temple gate


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Namu Jizo Daibosatsu 南無地蔵大菩薩

In every temple was a group like this one or at least one or more stone steles with this inscription, an invocation of Jizo, who cares for the afterlife of children. Here they are in respect for the earthquake victims of 2001.




In front of a bell tower




They are all here :
Namu Jizo Daibosatsu



Here is more about this deity:
... ... ... Jizo Bosatsu　地蔵菩薩


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