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Jigenji Temple

Address:
Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Category: Shrine or Temple

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Osaka Map

Jigenji Temple, also known as Nozaki Kannon, is one of the most famous temples in Japanese history with reference made to in many novels, songs and plays. Gyoki (668-749), the high priest at that time, made a wooden sculpture of the Goddess of Mercy and enshrined it. This is the origin of the temple. Jigenji Temple is located in Eastern Osaka.