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Katsuo-ji Temple Ticket
Osaka, JapanOperated by Hermeseus
See rows of red Kachi-Daruma at the temple's dedicated votive shelf. Visit the main hall, Tahoto Pagoda and other Buddhist halls across the temple grounds. Discover the Kachi-Daruma tradition of setting a goal, filling one eye and returning the daruma after achieving it.
Highlights
- See rows of red Kachi-Daruma at the temple's dedicated votive shelf.
- Visit the main hall, Tahoto Pagoda and other Buddhist halls across the temple grounds.
- Discover the Kachi-Daruma tradition of setting a goal, filling one eye and returning the daruma after achieving it.
About this experience
Visit Katsuo-ji, an 8th-century Buddhist temple in the forested hills of Minoh, known for prayers for success and its red Kachi-Daruma. Walk through the temple grounds to the main hall, Tahoto Pagoda and Kachi-Daruma votive shelf, where returned daruma gather in rows. See the temple's distinctive daruma figures throughout the grounds and discover a tradition centred on setting goals, perseverance and "winning luck".