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.
Went here on early October. As a person coming from Nara, (with a giant Buddha statue as well) I found this temple amazing! I love the zen vibe. To see the Buddha statue we need to pay ¥50 (yes, fifty). Photography is prohibited in the Buddha statue area. Goshuin costs ¥500
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.
A profound experience for anyone interested in Buddhism. Do visit Lord Buddha and walk the Hell path. For anyone from the United States, I would describe this experience as walking sensory deprivation. Also be sure to visit the cemetery. On the day of my visit it seemed many people missed this, possibly thinking they were decorative stones rather than the grave markers of 3 Lords of Fukuoka.
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)
