

Zenkoji Temple Tours and Tickets
In the year 642, Zenko-ji Temple was founded when one of the earliest Buddhist statues in Japan, brought over from the Korean Peninsula, was enshrined at the site. Today, the temple is one of the most important Buddhist sites in the country, as well as Japan’s third largest wooden structure, with the entire town of Nagano built up around it.
The structure as it stands today dates back to 1707 and contains a large hall displaying a variety of Buddhist statuary, a main alter and an underground passage beneath the alter where visitors can pass in complete darkness, feeling for a single key on the wall -- the key to paradise -- that’s believed to grand salvation to any who touch it.
Behind the main temple, a newer pagoda houses the Zenko-ji History Museum with its collection of statues of the Buddha and his disciples.
Tours and Tickets to Experience Zenkoji Temple
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1-Day Snow Monkeys, Zenko-ji Temple & Sake in Nagano Tour

Nagano Private Two Day Tour

Full-Day Private Nagano Tour: Zenkoji Temple, Obuse, Jigokudani Monkey Park

Private tour of meeting snow monkeys in Nagano

Matsumoto Private One Day Tour

Nagano 5-Day Pass

1-Day Winter Tour From Nozawa & Iiyama: Snow Monkeys, Zenko-ji Temple & Sake

Nagano Sake Tasting Walking Tour

Nagano All Must-Sees Half Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide

Nagano All Must-Sees Full Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide

2-Day Snow Monkey Tour: Nagano to Takayama via Matsumoto

Matsumoto Private One Day Tour from Nagano with Tour Guide and Private Vehicle
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