If you're heading to Seiken-ji temple from the direction of Shimizu station, then just before you get there, you'll come to Zuiun-in, a small, charming Buddhist temple. It's worth stopping off here as a kind of appetizer, to enjoy the calming atmosphere it has, with its serene Buddhist statues, the simple but attractive design of the halls, and the surrounding greenery.
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Zuiun-In
A small temple near historic Seiken-ji in Shimizu

By Peter Sidell
Community writer

There's a beautiful statuette inside this modern hall

These statues welcome you near the gate

Steps up to the entrance

One of the serene Buddhist statues in the grounds

One of the worship halls

Sitting on the rock of the prayer

The temple buildings

Is it sacrilegious that this reminds me a little of that statue in Belgium?

A lantern with a mushroom cap
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Anonymous
8 years ago
very nice photos!
Thank you!
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