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Kosanji: Temple of Filial Piety - 1

See "Nikko of the West" Toshogu in the Seto Inland Sea

Ikuchi-jima Island in the Seto Inland Sea is connected to the mainland Japan by the Nishiseto Expressway, aka: Shimanami Kaido.

I visited Kosanji Temple on Ikuchi-jima Island in May, 2013. This temple was founded by a Mr. Kosanji, a successful industrialist, who, out of gratitude and respect to his late mother, entered the priesthood and built this temple in his hometown to ensure her rebirth into the Buddhist paradise.

The uniqueness of this temple lies in the fact that most of the temple buildings were modeled after some of Japan's finest architectural monuments from renowned temples and shrines such as Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Byodoin in Kyoto, or temples in Nara. Still, the construction and arrangement of them are quite creative and are highly acclaimed. On a warm spring day, I was lucky to encounter this gorgeous temple on a idyllic, small island in the Seto Inland Sea...the most unexpected place to see something like this! To refresh and ease my mind, I am going to visit this temple again in the future.

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