Eihei-ji永平寺

Eihei-ji永平寺 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples in a single legal entity). Eihei-ji is located about east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means "temple of eternal peace" (in Japanese, 'ei' means "eternal", 'hei' means "peaceful", and 'ji' means "Buddhist temple"). Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1244

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