Rengein Tanjo-ji Okunoin, Tamana, Kumamoto

After leaving the Mitsui Minato Club, we went to the Rengein Tanjo-ji Okunoin in Tanama. I already went there, but this time I want to take some pics for Wikimedia Commons.

Let's start from the Shinkyomon (心経門) main gate.

The Five-story Pagoda and Niomon Gate. 

The beautiful five-story pagoda. It is considered to be the Japan's third largest Buddhist temple tower, with a height of 51.5 meters. 

A view of the Koen Daibosatsu (皇円大菩薩) Buddha statue from Saito-ogoma-dojo (柴燈大護摩道場) plaza.

He looks you in the eyes.

After seeing the statue of Buddha, we went to the observatory where we can see the Ariake Sea. 

Unfortunately it was cloudy and the sight was very bad, we couldn't see the sea at all.

  Going back to the hondo (本堂) or the main temple, then we saw the Shorodo bell tower.

The Hiryu-no-kane (飛龍の鐘) bell.