The Thirteen Buddhas of Chichibu（秩父十三仏霊場, ''Chichibu jūsan butsu reijō''）are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
, Japan. ( was an
old province of
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
in the area that is today the western part of
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
.) The temples are dedicated to the
Thirteen Buddhas.
Directory
See also
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Thirteen Buddhas
References
External links
Official Website listing
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Buddhist temples in Saitama Prefecture
Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Japan