850th Anniversary of the Establishment of Jodo-shu
Ceremony to Commemorate 850th Anniversary
April 21(Sun) - April 27(Sat), 2024
Closure of temple complex and car park to visitors
This year marks the 850th anniversary of the founding of Jodo-shu. The memorial service will be held for 7 days from April 21 (Sun) to 27 (Sat), 2024. During this period, many Buddhist temples and parishioners of this school will visit Eikando, and many memorial services and events will be held mainly in Miei-do hall and Amida-do hall. For this reason, the temple complex will be closed to visitors during this period. However, the garden will be open free of charge. In addition, vehicles other than those related to the memorial service are not allowed to enter and park. Please use the public parking lots in Okazaki Park. Also, due to the schedule of events, we may not be able to provide the red seal requested by visitors. We would appreciate your understanding and cooperation if you plan to visit the temple from April 21 to 27.
April 11, 2024
Office of the 850th Anniversary of Jodo-shu Establishment
Eikando Zenrin-ji
About Red Seal Services of Eikando (Shuin)
As part of our measures to prevent Covid-19 spread, we have only been offering red seals in the form of pre-writtern paper, but we have resumed to write a red seal on a red seal books since last New Year's Day. However, in two or more consecutive holidays and the Autumnal Exhibition period, we have accepted only the form of pre-writtern paper.
The same measures will be continued this year. We would like to thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
[Info] What is Shuin?
In the olden days, people wrote sutras and handed them to temples. The temples issue a red seal as a proof of receiving them. This red seal is a origin of Shuin. Even today, the red seal book is also called a sutra book, and it is common to receive an calligrapic signature and red stamps from a temple or a shrine. Shuin is proof of religious faith.
Some visitors to temples and shrines may think of it as a commemorative stamp that can be given at tourist sites, but it is important to understand the meaning of Shuin.
January 1, 2024
Eikando Zenrin-ji
Request to bring a shoe bag
In order to reduce plastic waste, it is necessary to reduce the use of plastic bags. At Eikando, we also handed out plastic bags as shoe bags, but we will stop the distribution of a plastic bag in stages over one year from July 1, 2020. In the future, we would like to request visitors of Eikando to bring their own shoe bag. We would appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
January 1, 2024
Eikando Zenrin-ji
Beware of spoofed e-mails by the sender's name of Eikando !
Junk e-mails have been still distributed under the spoofed IP-address of Eikando.
xxxx@eikando.or.jp is the sender's address of those junk mails. The characters of xxxx are changed from time to time.
We never send e-mails except for a reply for your inqliry.
Those spoofed mails may be in danger of a virus. When you receive an unexpected mail under the sender's address mentioned above,
please deleted it without opening.
January 1, 2024
Eikando Zenrin-ji