[2025 Iida Attraction] Travel Guide for Motozenkouji Temple (Updated Jul)

#Spring0yentrip Motozenkoji Temple has a quiet and calm atmosphere different from Zenkoji Temple in Nagano. It is located a little away from the town of Iida, and if you walk leisurely, you will find the temple grounds surrounded by trees. You will be greeted by a magnificent mountain gate and main hall, and there are many monuments and signs in the temple grounds indicating the connection to Zenkoji Temple, making it clear that this is "another Zenkoji Temple". When I went up to the main hall and put my hands together, I was impressed by the atmosphere, which was different from the one I felt at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, as it was a simple and friendly place of prayer. Rather than a tourist spot, the atmosphere was comfortable as a place of faith cherished by the locals, and I was able to spend my time leisurely. I felt like I understood a little bit more about why people say "If you go to Zenkoji Temple, please visit Motozenkoji Temple as well."

"Motozenkoji" in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍𓂃◌𓈒𓐍𓂃 Founded by Honda Zenko, it is said to be the temple where the principal image of Zenkoji was first enshrined. "Visit Motozenkoji once, Zenkoji alone is not enough" In addition to Zenkoji, we also recommend visiting this temple. There were many cute Jizo statues in the precincts! ✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼ ꕥTemple name: Motozenkoji ꕥAddress: 2638 Zakoji, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture ꕥAccess: 🚉Motozenkoji Station → 🚶About 10 minutes walk ✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼ #0 yen travel autumn #Nagano #Temple #Temple tour

"Motozenkoji" in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍𓂃◌𓈒𓐍𓂃 Founded by Honda Zenko, it is said to be the first temple where the principal image of Zenkoji was enshrined. "Visit Motozenkoji once, visiting Zenkoji alone is not enough" In addition to Zenkoji, we also recommend visiting this temple. There were many cute Jizo statues in the precincts! ✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼ ꕥTemple name: Motozenkoji ꕥAddress: 2638 Zakoji, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture ꕥAccess 🚉Motozenkoji Station →🚶About 10 minutes walk ✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼ #Nagano Tourism #Nagano Trip #Temples and Shrines