Chichibu Fudasho Pilgrimage: Sacred Site No. 5, Gokado Temple of Mt. Ogawa
sightseeing

During wisteria season, you can enjoy vines of purple wisteria flowers descending from the trees in the precincts of Gokado Temple on Mt. Ogawa. Magohachi Honma, who built the temple, spent a night discussing the art of waka poetry with a traveling monk to finally master its secrets, and thus named the temple "Gokado" (words and songs temple). According to legend, the monk was said to have been the incarnation of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy. The stone Buddha in the Koshinto pagoda on the right side of the hall is one of few existing in Chichibu.
Collectible goshuin seals are available at Chokoji Temple, about 250 meters away.
Basic Information
Location
6086 Yokoze, Yokoze-machi, Chichibu-gun (Chokoji Temple)
TEL
0494-23-4701