Kippou-ji Temple
Fukui Prefecture Fukui Sakai Area
Kippouji-temple was being used as a training dojo when the founder of the Zen Soto sect, Dogen, moved from Kyoto in 1243. Dogen trained in this temple until he moved to Daibutsu-ji, the current site of Eihei-ji temple. Dogen compiled many volumes of Dogen's Shoubougenzou during his stay at Kippou-ji.
Address
35-13-2 Kippou, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun
Access (nearest railway station)
30 minutes on foot from Echizen-Takehama station on Echizen Railway/ 30 minutes by car from Fukuikita IC on Hokuriku Expressway
Hours
8：00～17：00
Entry fee
Free of charge
Parking
Free of charge
Inquiries
0776-64-2536