Akkeshi ( 厚岸町 , Akkeshi-chō ) is a town located in Kushiro Subprefecture , Hokkaido . As of April 30th, 2024, it has a population of 8,276, and an area of 734.82 km. Lake Akkeshi is a Ramsar Site .
5-477: Per Japanese census data, the population of Akkeshi has declined in recent decades. Shinryu , the northern part of the town is linked to Honcho , the southern part, by a bridge offering a scenic view of the lagoon which separates both parts. The length of the bridge is 456 m. Kokutai-ji is a Buddhist temple in Honcho which was founded in 1802. It is one of the oldest and most important temples of Hokkaido. The temple
10-529: A katana to give a powerful slap to his adversaries). This Hokkaidō location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kokutai-ji Kokutai-ji ( 国泰寺 , "Temple of National Peace") , originally Tosho-ji ( 東松寺 ) , is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen , founded in 1300 by the monk Jiun Myoi in Toyama, Japan . In 1327 Emperor Go-Daigo gave
15-506: Is in Kushiro. Akkeshi's mascot is Umiemon ( うみえもん ) . He is a yōkai samurai from the sea. His chonmage is stylized like a sea urchin, his eyebrows resembles kelp, his nose is like the Japanese littleneck clam and his ears are like Sakhalin surf clams. His hakama is armored with scallops. The sode (spaulders) on his hakama resembled oysters. His weapon is the saury (when he wields it, it acts like
20-555: Is operated by Rinzai school , one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism . Missionary activities to convert the Ainu started here in 1804. Akkeshi is about 50 km east of Kushiro on the east coast of Hokkaido. The town is on Nemuro Sen railway line and can be reached by train from Kushiro and Nemuro several times a day. The railway station is in Shinryu. The nearest airport
25-554: The temple the name Kokutai-ji, and Jiun Myoi became Seisen Zenji. Kokutai-ji was once also a temple of the Fuke sect (as many Rinzai monasteries in Japan once were), and housed komusō . Rinzai monks and priests still dress and practice suizen as komusō during memorial ceremonies in remembrance of Jiun Myoi. 36°48′40″N 137°00′40″E / 36.811°N 137.011°E / 36.811; 137.011 This article about
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