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Our guide
Kōsan-ji is a temple of the Hongan-ji branch of Jōdo Shinshū on the island of Ikuchijima, in Onomichi, Hiroshima. The industrialist Kōzō Kanamoto, who later took the name Kōsanji, founded it in 1936 in memory of his late mother. It covers about 50,000 m², and many of its buildings are modelled on famous historic temples and shrines around Japan. The Hill of Hope, by Kazuto Kuetani, is a landscaped monument of about 5,000 m² of Carrara marble weighing some 3,000 tons, and the Kōsan-ji Museum holds more than 2,000 items, including 19 Important Cultural Properties.
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Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
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- Kosanji Hondo — User:＋－ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 耕三寺孝養門 — ＋－ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 耕三寺 - panoramio (6) — 伊部リコ · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Kōsanji 36 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
- Kōsanji 22 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
- Kōsanji 10 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
- Kōsanji 09 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
- Kōsanji 06 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
- Kōsanji 05 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
- Kōsan-ji upper level gate — Fabimaru · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Kōsan-ji (耕三寺) is a Hongan-ji school Jōdo Shinshū temple on the island of Ikuchijima in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Founded by the industrialist Kōzō Kanamoto (later Koso Kōsanji) in 1936 in honour of his deceased mother, and with an area of approximately fifty thousand square metres, many of its structures are modelled upon the country's most famous historic temples and shrines. The Hill of Hope (未来心の丘, Miraishin no Oka) is a monument landscaped with five thousand square metres of Carrara marble, weighing some three thousand tons, by Kazuto Kuetani. The Kōsan-ji Museum houses over two thousand items, including nineteen Important Cultural Properties.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-07 · Official visitor information
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