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Japan Travel: Osu Kannon Temple 400 years old national treasures, Nagoya

Japan Travel: Osu Kannon Temple 400 years old national treasures, Nagoya
[006] aichi Osu Kannon Temple

Osu Kannon is a popular Buddhist temple in central Nagoya. It was originally built during the Kamakura Period (1192-1333) in neighboring Gifu Prefecture. The temple was then moved to its current site by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1612 after repeated damage from severe flooding frequently took place. The current buildings are those reconstructed in 20th century.

The main object of worship at the temple is a wooden Kannon statue, the goddess of mercy. It was carved by Kobo Daishi, one of most important figures in Japanese Buddhism. There is a Shinpukuji Library underneath Osu Kannon's main hall, where over 15,000 classic Japanese and Chinese texts are housed. Among these texts, there are several national treasures and important cultural properties, such as the oldest copy of the Kojiki, a chronicle of the early history of Japan including its mythological origins.

A flea market took place monthly on the temple grounds on the 18th and 28th. The modestly sized market includes about 60 stalls that sells everything such as antiques, souvenirs, second hand goods and clothes. Just beside the temple, there is an entrance to the Osu Shopping Arcade, a network of aging but charming covered shopping streets with over 400 shops and restaurants. The area is recognized as a counterpart to Tokyo's Akihabara district as in both areas, there are a lot of stores that specialize in electronics, cosplay, anime, J-pop and idol goods.


Access information
Osu Kannon Temple is only a few steps from Osu Kannon Station on the Tsurumai Subway Line. Take the Higashiyama Subway Line at Nagoya Station and transfer to the Tsurumai Line at Fushimi Station. It takes about ten minutes from Nagoya Station to the temple and costs 200 yen for one way.

Alternatively, the temple is a 5-10 minute walk from Kamimaezu Station on the Tsurumai and Meijo Subway Lines, through the shopping arcade next to the temple.

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関宿のすべてを18分に凝縮！東海道53次（短縮版）The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

Shakespeare Stories Macbeth (music from Scot's Tune)
Derek Jacobi, Jane McCulloch

The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次 Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi?) are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.[1]

There were originally 53 government post stations along the Tōkaidō, where travelers had to present traveling permits at each station if wanting to cross. All of the stations, in addition to the starting and ending locations (which are shared with the Nakasendō), are listed below in order. The stations are divided by their present-day prefecture and include the name of their present-day city/town/village/districts, with historic provinces listed below.
Tokyo
Nihonbashi's highway distance marker, from which modern highway distances are measured
Odawara-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō.
The countryside around Yui-shuku in the 1830s
Kanaya-juku bordering the Ōi River in the 1830s
Fujikawa-shuku in the 1830s
Ishiyakushi-juku in the 1830s
Seki-juku in the 1830s

Starting Location: Nihonbashi (Chūō-ku)
1. Shinagawa-juku (Shinagawa)

Kanagawa Prefecture

2. Kawasaki-juku (Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki)
3. Kanagawa-juku (Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama)
4. Hodogaya-juku (Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama)
5. Totsuka-juku (Totsuka-ku, Yokohama)
6. Fujisawa-shuku (Fujisawa)
7. Hiratsuka-juku (Hiratsuka)
8. Ōiso-juku (Ōiso, Naka District)
9. Odawara-juku (Odawara)
10. Hakone-juku (Hakone, Ashigarashimo District)

11. Mishima-shuku (Mishima)
12. Numazu-juku (Numazu)
13. Hara-juku (Numazu)
14. Yoshiwara-juku (Fuji)
15. Kanbara-juku (Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka)
16. Yui-shuku (Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka)
17. Okitsu-juku (Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka)
18. Ejiri-juku (Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka)
19. Fuchū-shuku (Aoi-ku, Shizuoka)
20. Mariko-juku (Suruga-ku, Shizuoka)
21. Okabe-juku (Fujieda)
22. Fujieda-juku (Fujieda)
23. Shimada-juku (Shimada)
24. Kanaya-juku (Shimada)
25. Nissaka-shuku (Kakegawa)
26. Kakegawa-juku (Kakegawa)
27. Fukuroi-juku (Fukuroi)
28. Mitsuke-juku (Iwata)
29. Hamamatsu-juku (Naka-ku, Hamamatsu)
30. Maisaka-juku (Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu)
31. Arai-juku (Kosai)
32. Shirasuka-juku (Kosai)

Aichi Prefecture
33. Futagawa-juku (Toyohashi)
34. Yoshida-juku (Toyohashi)
35. Goyu-shuku (Toyokawa)
36. Akasaka-juku (Toyokawa)
37. Fujikawa-shuku (Okazaki)
38. Okazaki-shuku (Okazaki) (also part of the Shio no Michi)
39. Chiryū-juku (Chiryū)
40. Narumi-juku (Midori-ku, Nagoya)
41. Miya-juku (Atsuta-ku, Nagoya)

Mie Prefecture

42. Kuwana-juku (Kuwana)
43. Yokkaichi-juku (Yokkaichi)
44. Ishiyakushi-juku (Suzuka)
45. Shōno-juku (Suzuka)
46. Kameyama-juku (Kameyama)
47. Seki-juku (Kameyama)
48. Sakashita-juku (Kameyama)

Shiga Prefecture

49. Tsuchiyama-juku (Kōka)
50. Minakuchi-juku (Kōka)
51. Ishibe-juku (Konan)
52. Kusatsu-juku (Kusatsu) (also part of the Nakasendō)
53. Ōtsu-juku (Ōtsu) (also part of the Nakasendō)