• Our Shinshū Ōtani-ha (popularly known as Higashi Honganji) is one of the largest Buddhist denominations in Japan, with approximately 8,700 local temples...
  • Various parts of Higashi Honganji, including the Founder's Hall and Amida Hall, burned down 4 times during the Japanese Edo Period.
  • Nishi Honganji's Goeido (left) and Amidado (right). Higashi Honganji (East Honganji) was built only eleven years after and a few street blocks east of Nishi...
  • Higashi Honganji, or “Eastern Temple of the First Vow” is one of two head temples of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Pure Land Buddhism, the most popular form of...
  • HIGASHI HONGANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE 東本願寺ロサンゼルス別院 Address 505 East Third Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Telephone (213) 626-4200 Fax (213)...
  • This garden belongs to the Higashi Honganji temple and was donated by Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa (1604 – 1651) in 1641. ... How to get to Higashi Honganji?
  • Various parts of Higashi Honganji, including the Founder’s Hall and Amida Hall, burned down 4 times during the Japanese Edo Period.
  • Although the official name of the temple is “Shinshu Honbyo Temple”, it is more commonly referred to as Higashi Honganji Temple due to its location east...
  • Higashi Honganji Temple, Kyoto. Higashi Honganji (東本願寺) is the head temple of the Otani Faction of the Jodo-Shin (True Pure Land) Sect of Buddhism.