Kozanji

Takasugi Shinsaku’s rising

It is one of the highlights of the sightseeing in Chofu. It is known as the place where Takasugi Shinsaku, an activist of anti Shogunate monument, took up arms.

Takasugi Shinsaku’s rising

It is one of the highlights of the sightseeing in Chofu. It is known as the place where Takasugi Shinsaku, an activist of anti Shogunate monument, took up arms.

Oldest Buddhist architecture and a national treasure

Located in Chofu castle town, a place with long Japan history. It is about 25-minute bus ride from the Shimonoseki train station. Impressive wooden gate and nice temple grounds.

Oldest Buddhist architecture and a national treasure

Located in Chofu castle town, a place with long Japan history. It is about 25-minute bus ride from the Shimonoseki train station. Impressive wooden gate and nice temple grounds.

The temple is a national treajure of Japan.

This temple is a national treasure, but it is more than that. In the foreground of the temple, you will see Shinsaku Takasugi on the horseback who died when he was 29 years old! He became a kind of...