Ryuan-ji Temple Ho-o-kaku & Guest Hall Special Autumn Viewing

About this event

A special autumn viewing of Ho-o-kaku and the Guest Hall (Enman-den) will be held at Minoosan Ryuan-ji Temple to coincide with the autumn foliage season. Built in the Edo period, the Guest Hall was constructed in Genroku 12 to welcome Shugendo practitioners gathering from across the country, featuring a grand 100-tatami-mat space lined with fusuma sliding-door paintings of dragons, tigers, and Chinese figures. Additionally, the Tomibako lottery box (an Osaka Prefecture Designated Cultural Property), used in 'tomikuji' which is considered the origin of lotteries, will also be on display. Ho-o-kaku is a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property designed by Goichi Takeda, an architect also known as the father of Kansai architecture. Inside, the portrait of En no Gyoja, the founder of Shugendo, will be unveiled to the public, and visitors can overlook the mountain stream of the Minoo River from Ho-o-kaku. A karesansui dry landscape garden will also be specially opened, offering an opportunity to appreciate valuable art pieces and historical structures alongside the magnificent autumn scenery of Mount Minoo. Admission fees will be allocated toward repair costs for typhoon damage.

Venue

Ryuan-ji Temple

2-23 Minoo Park, Minoo, Osaka 562-0002