Walking temple tour in Teramachi, Kurume, part 1

In the afternoon, we walked around Teramachi (寺町), a district in central Kurume. As name suggests, the temples are lined up in a row, on the left and right of one street.

There are quite many temples in this area so I took pictures of them.

Let's take a tour.

Sofuku-ji (宗福寺) at the entrance of Teramachi temple street.

The main temple of Shinko-ji (心光寺). Not only this but also have the Fudo-do and Yoryu-do prayer halls.

The prayer hall of Fudo-do where the Fudo Myoo statue is located.

Close up of the Fudo Myoo statue.

The Kannon-do prayer hall of Yoryu Kannon. 

The red sanmon gate of Hontai-ji (本泰寺).

A tiny garden with funny shaped pine trees is located inside.

The Shinkyo-ji (真教寺) temple just across the road. We could see the beautiful scenery of temple from the street; the bell tower in the center picture and white and black walls in the background.

The temple gate and main temple building of Shinkyo-ji.

Saiho-ji (西方寺) is located next to the above-mentioned Shinkyo-ji Temple.

Joken-ji (浄顕寺). The feature of this temple is an indoor garden with wisteria.

The sanmon temple gate and bell tower of Seigyo-ji (誓行寺).

The main temple building and the garden.

Myosei-ji (妙正寺), a Nichiren Shu temple.

Myoren-ji (妙蓮寺), a Jodo Shinshu temple.

Shokaku-ji (正覚寺), a Soto-shu temple.

Seneizen-ji (千栄禅寺). It looks like a church but it isn't a church!

Only the bell tower next to the parking lot is like a temple.

The Maria kannon statue.

A beautiful small garden landscape in front of the temple tower.

Myozen-ji, a Nichiren Shu temple, is on the opposite side of a zen temple.

Zenpuku-ji (善福寺), a Jodo shu temple.

To be continued..