Last Updated: Feb 18, 2024

Why Visit Kosan-ji

A Famed Allure on the Shimanami Kaido

Donny Kimball
7 min readFeb 25, 2024

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Not to be confused with the site that is home to Sekisui-in Hall, one of the oldest extant building in Kyoto from the Kamakura Period, Kosan-ji (sometimes also written as Kōsan-ji, kōzan-ji, Kozo Kosanji temple, etc.) is a new temple that was build in Onomichi-shi by a Kegon Buddhist priest. The Kosanji compound was made on Ikuchijima Island by a son in honor of his mother. If you have the time, Kosanji is worth visiting!
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Last year, while escorting a few journalists from the UK as part of my ongoing work with the Setouchi DMO, I had the chance to finally visit the impressive Kosan-ji temple complex. Located along the Shimanami Kaido on the island of Ikuchijima, Kosan-ji is actually a relatively new location having…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/