{"id":16921,"date":"2017-05-10T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=16921"},"modified":"2020-03-27T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T01:56:45","slug":"utsunomiya-oya-ji-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/utsunomiya-oya-ji-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Utsunomiya&#8217;s \u014cya-ji Temple of Stone!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>\u014cya-ji, A Buddhist Temple Established by Kobo Daishi<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16924\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16924 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05144751\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.32.55-500x353.png\" alt=\"\u014cya-ji, A Buddhist Temple Established by Kukai\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05144751\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.32.55-500x353.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05144751\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.32.55.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16928\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16928 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145325\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.21-500x347.png\" alt=\"\u014cya-ji, A Buddhist Temple Established by Kukai\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145325\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.21-500x347.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145325\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.21.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The very moment I saw a picture of <strong>Oya-ji temple<\/strong>\u2019s peculiar surrounding <strong>rock formations<\/strong>, I was determined to go. It\u2019s not often you have the opportunity to see <strong>a temple situated under a sheer rock face<\/strong>, and i\u2019m pretty sure there are some fairly obvious reasons for that. None-the-less, this temple has remained here since its establishment in 810 by <strong>the great Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16926\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16926 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145258\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.33.42-500x342.png\" alt=\"Oya-ji temple has remained here since its establishment in 810 by the great Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi.\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145258\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.33.42-500x342.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145258\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.33.42.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16932\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145420\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.35.09-500x347.png\" alt=\"Oya-ji temple has remained here since its establishment in 810 by the great Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi.\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145420\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.35.09-500x347.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145420\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.35.09.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not many people think of <strong>Utsunomiya<\/strong> as a decent travel destination but if you\u2019re passing through to <a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/nikko-toshogu-unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nikko<\/strong><\/a>, it is definitely an amazing place to take in some pretty unique and unusual sites. This temple is the only temple I have ever seen that has integrated itself among the peculiar glooping Oya stone formation. The rock itself holds some amazingly rare textual properties that I have not seen since I left. The sight of these alone are enough to make you gasp without even stepping foot into the temple.<\/p>\n<h2><b>\u014cya-ji Temple, Built Into the Surrounding Tuff Rock<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16923\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16923 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/s_IMG_0103-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Oya-ji temple is the only temple I have ever seen that has integrated itself among the peculiar glooping Oya stone formation.\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/s_IMG_0103-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/s_IMG_0103.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When entering the main hall, you\u2019re met with <strong>an impressive golden statue,<\/strong> accompanied by grand finery, rich reds and silvers. The statue itself mimics the impressions of the 27m tall <strong>Oya Kannon<\/strong> just a small walk outside the temple\u2019s grounds, in that it embodies a feeling of stillness, but also power; a characteristic of many of the Buddhist images of the 8th and 9th centuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16930\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16930 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145351\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.44-500x348.png\" alt=\"Oya Kannon at Oya-ji temple\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145351\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.44-500x348.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145351\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.44.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the initial golden statue was impressive, it was not unlike those I had seen before in other temples. What really caught my eye was the part of the temple encased in a cave of <strong>Oya stone<\/strong>. I had entered a long, grey corridor featuring a wall of Oya stone slanting down like half of a roof containing <strong>a wall of Buddhist images<\/strong> that had been carved into it. The main feature of this wall was a 4m goddess of mercy statue, which is said to be <strong>the oldest stone cavern Buddha in Japan<\/strong>, and so is named <strong>an important cultural asset<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16927\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16927 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145312\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.09-500x350.png\" alt=\"The main feature of this wall was a 4m goddess of mercy statue, which is said to be the oldest stone cavern Buddha in Japan, and so is named an important cultural asset.\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145312\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.09-500x350.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145312\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.09.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16931\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16931 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145405\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.57-500x352.png\" alt=\"Oya-ji temple in autumn leaves (momiji)\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145405\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.57-500x352.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145405\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.57.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alongside this impressive Buddha stood a number of other rock carvings, including the typical round bellied Buddha and the 3 Buddhas, collectively named <strong>Amida Sanzon<\/strong>. Each statue is said to have been carved roughly from the wall\u2019s surface, before being smoothed and finished with clay and colouring. However, due to fir damage in the <strong>Edo<\/strong> era, some clay melted off, leaving some states somewhat featureless and most, if not all, colourless. None-the-less, I feel that statues of this kind are a rarity in Japan, particularly considering the holy, spongy texture the Oya stone brings to the carvings. In a way, it creates a kind of creepy, spiritual atmosphere in amongst the peace of the Buddhas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16925\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16925 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145245\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.33.09-500x352.png\" alt=\"s_Screen Shot 2016-06-23 at 19.33.09\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145245\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.33.09-500x352.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145245\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.33.09.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u014cya-ji Temple, The Places to Check Out<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>For the small price of \u00a5300, you can enjoy this temple and it\u2019s accompanying <strong>garden<\/strong> area till your heart\u2019s content. This typical<strong> Japanese garden<\/strong> features a bright red bridge cascading over a <strong>koi<\/strong> filled pond and bordered by the blooms of colourful flowers drooping elegantly to caress the water\u2019s surface. The garden may be small, but it features a wealth of other smaller statues; some featureless and weathered, some mossy and some beautifully in tact. The lack of visitors coupled with the tall bordering trees makes the area incredibly tranquil and secluded. It is definitely a top destination point for your tour around Utsunomiya\u2019s Oya Town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=16929\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16929 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145338\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.31-500x352.png\" alt=\"s_Screen Shot 2016-06-23 at 19.34.31\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145338\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.31-500x352.png 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/05145338\/s_Screen-Shot-2016-06-23-at-19.34.31.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n[cft format=0]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u014cya-ji, A Buddhist Temple Established by Kobo Daishi The very moment I saw a picture of Oya-ji temple\u2019s peculiar 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