🇯🇵Narita Fudo is easily accessible from Narita Sightseeing Airport

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is a Buddhist temple with history and formality which is the head temple of the Chizan school of the Shingon sect.

Because it is close to Narita Airport ✈️, it is a tourist attraction that is easy to stop by before or after traveling.

💡 Point of Naritasan Shinshoji Temple

⚪ ︎ Historical history

Founded in 940, the head temple of the Shingon sect Chizan school with a history of over 1000 years. "Fudo Myoo" is enshrined as the principal image.

⚪ ︎ powerful goma (sesame) prayer

It is a traditional prayer ceremony that is held almost every day. The appearance of burning a big flame is very powerful and many worshipers visit.

⚪ ︎ Historic buildings

Including the Omoto-do Hall, there are valuable buildings that have been handed down since the Edo period, such as the three-story pagoda, Shaka-do Hall, and Komyo-do Hall.

⚪ Mt. Narita Park

A vast Japanese garden spreads in the back of the precincts. While feeling the nature of the four seasons, it is recommended to enjoy a walk and rest after worship.

There are a wide variety of shops on the approach, and it is also recommended to eat sweets, including the famous eel.

There are so many eel shops that you can't decide where to go, and the fragrant smell of sweet and salty sauce drifts in the air, which makes you even more appetizing 🤤

There are various sweets, and there is also a cafe where you can make your own matcha, so if you are interested, please go 🍵

There is also a hotel on the approach, so it might be fun to spend a night slowly.

◉ Flow of Naritasan Shinshoji Temple worship ◉

[Important] Difference from Shrine

I don't clap (I don't clap, I put my hands together quietly).

There is no bell.

1️⃣ to purify oneself in temizuya

First, cleanse your mind and body with water.

Hold the ladle in your right hand and wash your left hand.

Switch to your left hand and wash your right hand.

3. Switch to your right hand again, receive water in your left hand and rinse your mouth (* can be omitted).

4. Wash your left hand again, and finally put up a ladle and wash the handle with the remaining water.

2️⃣ to purify with Jokorou

Bathing in smoke cleanses the mind and body.

(※ You can buy incense sticks or not)

1. Lightly bow in front of the incense burner.

2. Use your hands to fan the rising smoke gently towards you.

3. Put the smoke on a place of concern (head, shoulders, waist, etc.) and gently pat it.

When you're done, bow lightly again.

3️⃣ (Omoto-do Hall)

Finally, we pray in the temple.

1. Quietly put the offering into the offering box.

2. Put your hands together (gassho).

Express your wishes and gratitude in your heart and bow deeply at the end.

Simply put, the flow of worship is: 👇

✨ "Put your money in and bow quietly with your palms together" ✨

If you remember this much, you can visit without hesitation. Please calm down and have a wonderful time!

⚫ ︎ Access ⚫ ︎

From the airport, it is common to travel by train or taxi.

By train:

From each terminal of the airport, use the Keisei Line or JR Line. It takes about 10 to 20 minutes to Keisei Narita Station or JR Narita Station. From the station, you can reach the temple in about 15 to 20 minutes on foot through the bustling Omotesando.

By car or taxi:

If you are flying directly from the airport, you can arrive in about 15 minutes (depending on traffic).

If you drop in between transfers, etc.

Be careful to allow plenty of travel time.

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