Visiting the Rengein Tanjo-ji main temple, Tamana, Kumamoto

After finishing the Okunoin branch temple visit, we went to the main temple in downtown Tamana. My mom already went there, so I was decided to take a walk by myself.

Let's start from the Nandaimon (南大門) gate. The brand new wooden gate was completed in 2011. Hideteru Kawahara, the 3rd chief priest, bought the Aomori (青森) hiba tree by himself. And it's used for Japanese nails made from local sand iron.

Passing the Nandaimon gate, then go straight down the sando road to the main hall. The time was already past 5 o'clock, I didn't see nobody else.

The five-story pagoda next to the main hall. The wooden building, nicknamed as the Heisei five-storied towers, was completed in 1997. Like the above-mentioned the Nandaimon gate, it was made up of Aomori hiba tree.