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You can walk through it really quickly, but they still charge an entrance fee. The Sazaedo itself doesn't seem to be well maintained.
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Aizu Sazaedo (Entsu Sansodo)
A wonder architecture like a trick art from the Edo Period.
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Sazaedo is a Kannon-do hall located at the midway of Iimori Hill known as the place where the Byakkotai corp had suicided. The official name is Entsu Sansodo. This three-layer Hexagon kannondo hall was built in 1796. It is 16.5m-tall and was built by Ikudo, a priest of Seishuji, a local temple.
This hall’s exterior is quite peculiar, but the interior is even beyond imagination and explains why the hall was named Sazaedo. There is no stair, just clockwise wooden slopes, which you follow up to the top, go across the bridge, and the slope takes you down to the ground. People who go up and people who come down do not cross each other on these double helix one-ways. This architecture really reminds you of a conch shell.
In the Edo Period, Sansodo halls were built nationwide according to Unyo Sanso, a tradition in Buddhism to walk inside a hall clockwise three times as a pilgrimage. Of all the Sansodo that remain to this day, this one is really unique and is now designated as a national important cultural property.
Highlights
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Nothing like it in the world - a rare wooden architecture designated as a national important cultural property.
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Until the Edo Period, 33 Kannon statues of the western region were enshrined here. By visiting here, it was regarded as you visited all the 33 kannon-do halls.
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A popular spot hidden in the Iimori Hill
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A lot of Senja Fuda (memorial card) shows many visitors who come here
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Ascending and descending slopes never cross in this double helix structure
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A unique exterior - nothing like it in the world
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The entrance to the hall. Experience the wizardly structure
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Yulinlin
It's just an old wooden building.
Details
- Name in Japanese
- 会津さざえ堂（円通三匝堂）
- Postal Code
- 965-0003
- Address
- 155 Takizawa, Ikkimachiyahata, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima
- Telephone
- 0242-22-3163
- Closed
- Open every day
- Business Hours
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8:15am to sunset
(December-March 9:00am - 4:00pm) - Admission
- Adult 400 yen, High schooler 300 yen, Middle and Elementary schooler 200 yen
- Directions
- From JR Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, ride the Classic Town Bus, Haikara-san or Akabe, get off at Iimoriyama Shita stop, and walk 5 min.
- Credit Cards
- Not accepted
- Official Website
- Official Website (Japanese)