Located at halfway up Mt. Takamado. Also known as Issaikyo. On fine days, it commands a view that stretches over the Yamato plain to Mt. Nijo and to Mt. Katsuragi. Enshrines Amidanyorai-zazo (sitting wooden statue of Amitabha Tathagata), Jizobosatsu-ritsuzo (standing wooden statue of Ksitigarbha) and Emmao-zazo (sitting wooden statue of Yama). The temple is decorated with beautiful five-colored camellias (a Natural Monument) in spring and with hagi (Japanese bush clover) in fall.
Address 392, Byakugoji-cho, Nara City Phone 0742-26-3392 Access Take a Nara Kotsu Bus Lines CO.,LTD at JR/Kintetsu Nara Station and alight at Takabatake-cho Stop. Twenty minutes' walk from the stop Parking lot: Available (private/charged) Parking lot Available (private/charged) Hours 9:00-17:00 Admission Age 19 or above: \400 Age 13-18: \200 Age 7-12: \100 Closed Open 365 days
[Yagyu Road] [Ise-kaido Road & Ise-hon-kaido Road] [Takenouchi-kaido Road] [Kumano-kodo Ancient Path] [Kuragarigoe-Nara-kaido Road] [Ise-minami-kaido Road] [Katsuragi-kodo Ancient Path] [Other ancient Pathes] [Histrical Tour Road of Nara home]　|　[Ancient Route of Nara home] This information is as of March, 2000.