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. Founded in 1629, the main image is of Taishakuten. In 1996 the Ministry of the Environment designated the temple and its ferryboat as one of the
100 Soundscapes of Japan In 1996, as part of its efforts to combat noise pollution and to protect and promote protection of the environment, the Ministry of the Environment designated the . There were 738 submissions received from all over the country and the 100 "best" we ...
. In 2009 the temple and its ferryboat were selected as one of the
100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei era) In 2009, in celebration of its 135th anniversary, the Yomiuri Shimbun formed a selection committee and, together with its readers, selected the . Three hundred sites were nominated and more than 640,000 votes were collected during the selection proc ...
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Access


Yagiri-no-Watashi

It costs 200 yen to travel from Shibamata Taishakuten to Yagiri-no-Watashi iriguchi bus stop for 5 minutes.Passengers are able to transfer 松31 which is bound for
Matsudo Station is an interchange railway station in the city of Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway company Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. Lines Matsudo Station is served by the Jōban Line and is 15. ...
at the bus stop


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Nichiren Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Nichiren declared that the Lotus Sutra alone contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings suited for the Third Age of B ...
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Nichiren-shū is a combination of several schools ranging from four of the original Nichiren Buddhist schools that date back to Nichiren's original disciples, and part of the fifth: Overview The school is often referred to as the ''Minobu Sect'' due to ...
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Shibamata Station is a railway station on the Keisei Kanamachi Line in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. Lines Shibamata Station is served by the Keisei Kanamachi Line. Station layout This station consi ...
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100 Soundscapes of Japan In 1996, as part of its efforts to combat noise pollution and to protect and promote protection of the environment, the Ministry of the Environment designated the . There were 738 submissions received from all over the country and the 100 "best" we ...
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100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei era) In 2009, in celebration of its 135th anniversary, the Yomiuri Shimbun formed a selection committee and, together with its readers, selected the . Three hundred sites were nominated and more than 640,000 votes were collected during the selection proc ...


References

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