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Gomura Betsuin Gate. The Hondo main hall was reconstructed in 1730 and the front gate was built in 1674. MAP
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Gomura Betsuin, Hondo Main Hall. Torahime's most noted sight and an Important Cultural Property is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo Shinshu Sect's Otani School (Higashi Hongwanji).
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Gomura Betsuin belfry
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Gyokusenji or Gansan Daishi temple 玉泉寺
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Gyokusenji is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai Sect, commonly called Gansan Daishi, after the priest Gansan Daishi 元三大師 (912-985) whose birthplace is near the temple. MAP
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Gansan Daishi temple, the current Hondo main hall was reconstructed in 1780.
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Gansan Daishi entered the priesthood at age 17 on Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji temple. In 966, he became the 18th head priest of the Tendai Sect at Enryakuji.
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Gansan Daishi belfry
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Gansan Daishi
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Gansan Daishi
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Gansan Daishi
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Kannon-do Hall housing a seated Kannon statue. 観音堂
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Seated Kannon statue inside Kannon-do Hall. The hall is not normally open, so permission is needed to view it. 木造聖観音坐像
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Arrival at JR Torahime Station on the JR Hokuriku Main Line.
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Torahime Station platform and sign
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The new Torahime Station on JR Hokuriku Main Line
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Built in a loghouse-style. All wood.
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Torahime Station
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Tiger Princess Shrine at Torahime Station. (Torahime literally means "Tiger Princess.")
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In Oct. 2005, some people came here to pray for Osaka's Hanshin Tigers baseball team to win the Japan Series against the Chiba Lotte Marines who later won the series in a four-game sweep. The Tigers never won a game in the series.
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Be photographed as a Tiger Princess
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Inside the Italian restaurant at Torahime Station.
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Bicycle parking at Torahime Station
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"Torahime Tiger Princess, the Goddess of Victory"
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New event space called "Coco," opened in March 2008, across from Torahime Station
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Tiger Princess statue outside the Torahime Station
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Tiger Princess statue
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Tourist map of Torahime
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Tourist map of Torahime
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