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Kaidan-in Temple

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Kaidan-in Temple

戒壇院

Fukuoka · Kyushu

Kaidan-in Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect located in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. It was established during the Nara period as a facility to confer the precepts necessary for those who became monks and nuns.

Crowd level
Hidden gem
Rating
4.3· 159 reviews
Website
kaidanin.sunnyday.jp

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historyculturetemplespiritual

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