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Johana Betsuin Zentokuji

Little knownBarely documented in English. This is the kind of place the site exists for.

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Illustration of Johana Betsuin Zentokuji, 富山県 — イメージイラスト（写真ではありません）

Zentokuji was founded around 530 years ago by Rennyo, the eighth head of the Honganji and the man who turned Jodo Shinshu from a minority sect into the largest Buddhist movement in Japan. It is now the Johana branch temple of the Otani-ha, and the compound is much bigger than the small silk-weaving town around it would suggest: a main hall of substantial scale, a corridor of connected buildings, and a storehouse holding something like ten thousand temple treasures.

Some are permanently displayed, including a manuscript of the Yuishinsho in Shinran's own hand. The town outside is worth walking too — Johana made silk for centuries and behind the float museum there is a lane of stone paving with four burnt-cedar storehouses along it. The Johana Hikiyama festival floats, kept a few minutes away, are among the most elaborate in the prefecture.

基本情報

営業時間

Varies — confirm locally before travelling

定休日: Confirm locally

料金

Confirm locally | Float museum charged separately

ベストシーズン

Year-round | May for the Johana Hikiyama float festival

滞在目安

60–90 minutes | 2 hours with the float museum and the town

アクセス

アクセス情報

Johana, Nanto. About a short walk from Johana Station on the JR Johana Line. The Johana Hikiyama Kaikan float museum is about 3 minutes further on foot. Hours and admission for the temple and the float museum vary — confirm locally before travelling.

インサイダーガイド

**The treasure display is the reason to go inside.** Around ten thousand objects are held here with a rotating selection shown, including a Yuishinsho manuscript attributed to Shinran's own hand. That is a considerable thing to find in a town of this size. **Walk the lane behind the float museum.** Four burnt-cedar storehouses along a stone-paved alley, a couple of minutes from the temple, and almost nobody photographs them. **Confirm hours before you go.** Published times for the temple and the float museum vary between sources. A phone call or a check with the Nanto tourist information saves a wasted trip. **Johana is on a rail line.** The JR Johana Line runs from Takaoka, which makes this one of the few places in Nanto reachable without a car — unlike Gokayama or Toga. **The float festival is in May.** The Johana Hikiyama Matsuri runs the floats through the town; outside it, they are in the museum.

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