Gokurakuji

Gokuraku-ji or Gokurakuji (Japanese: 極楽寺, literally ‘Sukhāvatī Temple’) can refer to a number of things:

People

• The Gokurakuji family of samurai

Temples

• A number of Buddhist temples in Japan:
  • Gokuraku-ji (Kobe) founded in the Arima Onsen complex, in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture in 593
  • Gokuraku-ji (Naruto) - founded in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture in 815
  • Gokuraku-ji founded in Kamakura in 1188, which was later renamed Jōmyō-ji
  • Gokuraku-ji (Kamakura) - founded in Kamakura in 1259 by the Jōdo shū
  • Gokuraku-ji (Hachiōji) founded in Hachiōji, Tokyo in 1594
  • Gokuraku-ji (Gose) in Gose, Nara Prefecture
  • Gokuraku-ji (Toyooka) - founded in Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture
  • Gokuraku-ji (Hatsukaichi) in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture
  • Gokuraku-ji, a sub-temple within Iwashimizu Shrine in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture

See also

• Gokuraku-in - a separate temple, established in the eighth century, in Nara.
• Kitaro Shikoku Peace Bell Project