Hofu Trip Overview
・Hofu Tenmangu Shrine(history museum) opening hours: 9:00～16:30
The Hofu Tenmangu Shrine Museum displays a selection from some six hundred items that were presented to the shrine as votive offerings.
・Mohri House・Mohri Museum opening hours: 9:00～17:00(last admission 16:30)
As one of Japan’s most important feudal families for many centuries, the Mohri clan accumulated many treasures. The Mohri Museum has a collection of some 20,000 items, which are displayed in a series of rotating exhibitions throughout the year.
・Suo Kokubunji(Kondo) opening hours: 9:00～16:00 Day off：Monday
Suo Kokubunji is unique in that it still stands in its original precincts (though the temple compound is now slightly shorter on its east-west axis) and with many of its key buildings still in their original locations.
・Amidaji Temple(Museum Treasures) opening hours: 9:00～17:00
The origins of Amidaji Temple are intricately entwined with Todaiji Temple in Nara.
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Duration: 10 to 12 hours
Starts: Hofu, Japan
Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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What to Expect When Visiting Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
・Hofu Tenmangu Shrine(history museum) opening hours: 9:00～16:30
The Hofu Tenmangu Shrine Museum displays a selection from some six hundred items that were presented to the shrine as votive offerings.
・Mohri House・Mohri Museum opening hours: 9:00～17:00(last admission 16:30)
As one of Japan’s most important feudal families for many centuries, the Mohri clan accumulated many treasures. The Mohri Museum has a collection of some 20,000 items, which are displayed in a series of rotating exhibitions throughout the year.
・Suo Kokubunji(Kondo) opening hours: 9:00～16:00 Day off：Monday
Suo Kokubunji is unique in that it still stands in its original precincts (though the temple compound is now slightly shorter on its east-west axis) and with many of its key buildings still in their original locations.
・Amidaji Temple(Museum Treasures) opening hours: 9:00～17:00
The origins of Amidaji Temple are intricately entwined with Todaiji Temple in Nara.
Visit: Hofu tenman-gu, 14-1 Matsuzaki-cho, Hofu 747-0029 Yamaguchi Prefecture
The Hofu Tenmangu Shrine Museum displays a selection from some six hundred items that were presented to the shrine as votive offerings.
Duration: 3 hours
Visit: Mori Museum, 1-15-1 Tatara, Hofu 747-0023 Yamaguchi Prefecture
As one of Japan’s most important feudal families for many centuries, the Mohri clan accumulated many treasures. The Mohri Museum has a collection of some 20,000 items, which are displayed in a series of rotating exhibitions throughout the year.
Duration: 3 hours
Visit: Suo Kokubun-ji Temple, 2-67 Kokubunjicho, Hofu 747-0021 Yamaguchi Prefecture
Suo Kokubunji was founded in 741 at the decree of Emperor Shomu (701–756).
Suo Kokubunji is unique in that it still stands in its original precincts (though the temple compound is now slightly shorter on its east-west axis) and with many of its key buildings still in their original locations. This fact was established when the main hall, or kondo, was restored between 1997 and 2004 and the bases of the original pillars were found directly beneath the present ones.
Duration: 3 hours
Visit: 東大寺別院 周防阿弥陀寺 本堂, 1869 Mure, Hofu, Yamaguchi 747-0004, Japan
The origins of Amidaji Temple are intricately entwined with Todaiji Temple in Nara. Founded in the eighth century, and long the most important Buddhist institution in Japan, Todaiji was destroyed in 1180 during a clan war. Rebuilding proceeded rapidly, and the Great Buddha statue was fully restored by 1185. Reconstructing the hall that housed the statue demanded a vast amount of timber, so Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127–1192) sent Shunjobo Chogen (1121–1206), the monk in charge of rebuilding work, to Yamaguchi to cut down and ship back 130 enormous trees.
Duration: 3 hours