What other travelers are saying about Tochoji Temple
Beautiful temple with a big wooden buddha.
It's free for the temple entry but an extra 50 yen per person to visit the big wooden buddha on the second floor which is strongly recommended. You should also walk under the wooden buddha. It's a great and exotic experience.
More than half of the cherry blossom has started blooming , though not full bloom yet. So happy to see two pink color cherry blossom trees here .
The big wooden buddha is on first floor, visiting hours closed by 4:45pm. The second part of the walk in absolute darkness, with 100% reliance on the handrail , is somehow very new experience yet scary to me 😅 it’s a very unique and memorable .
The solemn Buddha statue is 10.8m in height and 30 tons in weight- the largest statue of a seated Buddha among the ones in Japan (source : gofukuoka.jp)
I visited yesterday. The atmosphere inside the main hall of the temple felt very different from the outside world. It was solemn, quiet, and a truly captivating place.