Daifuku-ji, Minamibōsō

Name: Daifuku-ji
Address: Minamibōsō, Japan

#3 among attractions in Minamibōsō

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Daifuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, and is a temple of the Chizen Sect of Shingon Buddhism. According to tradition, the temple was founded by Gyōki in 717 early in the Nara period. It was later revived by a visit by the Tendai Buddhist priest Ennin early in the Heian period. The date at which the temple returned to the Shingon sect is unknown. The temple received a juinjō seal of certification from the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. ()

Local name: 大福寺 Completed: 717 (1307 years ago)Coordinates: 35°1'50"N, 139°50'31"E

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館山市 (guan shan shi)Minamibōsō Japan

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Daifuku-ji – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sunosaki Lighthouse, Nago-dera, Mount Iyogatake, Mount Tomi.

6.1 miSW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Sunosaki Lighthouse, Tateyama
157 min walk • Sunosaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan at the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula.
1 miE
Temple
Nago-dera, Minamibōsō
25 min walk • Nago-dera is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Tateyama in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is also called Nago-ji using the alternate pronunciation of the final Chinese character in its name, or the Nago Kannon, after its primary object of worship.
6.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Mount Iyogatake, Minamibōsō
171 min walk • Mount Iyogatake is a mountain on the border of the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan with an altitude of 336.6 m. Mount Iyogatake is at the west of the Mineoka Mountain District of the Bōsō Hill Range, in close proximity to Mount Tomi.
5.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tomi
133 min walk • Mount Tomi is a mountain on the border of the city of Minamibōsō, in southern Chiba Prefecture. The mountain is formed by two peaks. The north, called Konpira Peak, is 349.5 m, and the south, called Kannon Peak, is 342 m. Mount Tomi is one of the mountains of the Mineoka Mountain District of the Bōsō Hill Range.
6.1 miSW
View point
Cape Sunosaki, Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park
156 min walk • Cape Suno is a cape on the Pacific Ocean, in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The cape is located at the southwestern point of Bōsō Peninsula on the island of Honshu, and marks the point between the inner and outer parts of the peninsula.
3.8 miS
Museum, History museum
Tateyama Castle, Tateyama
97 min walk • Tateyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan.
5.2 miNE
Park
Tomisan Prefectural Natural Park
133 min walk • Tomisan Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. First designated for protection in 1951, the park's central feature is Mount Tomi. The park is wholly within the municipality of Minamibōsō.