Okakae Jizo

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Highlights & What to Do

A Jizo statue founded in 1650.
It’s said that if you hold the Jizo while making a wish and it feels light, your wish will come true.

Access

Address

〒725-0022 Hiroshima prefecture (Chuugoku area)Takehara City3-12-3 Honmachi

Access from Major Stations & Airports

See on Google Maps via the links below.

car

3 minutes by car from JR Kure Line Takehara Station
16 minutes by car from the Sanyo Expressway Kochi IC
22 minutes drive from Hiroshima Airport

walking

14 minutes on foot from Takehara Station (JR Kure Line)
5-minute walk from Roadside Station Takehara

Train

130 minutes by train from JR Hiroshima Station to JR Takehara Station

bus

80 minutes from JR Hiroshima Station by the “Kaguya-hime” express bus; 7 minutes on foot from the “Shinko-bashi” bus stop

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Details

Parking
Michi-no-Eki Takehara (free: 48 cars, 4 buses)
Shinmachi Municipal Parking Lot (paid: 47 cars)
Contact

Takehara City Industrial Promotion Division

Phone Number:0846-22-7745