GOD ROAD JAPAN

Myosenji Temple

妙宣寺  ·  Buddhist temple

Sado City's tourism website records that Endo Tamemori, who served Nichiren during his exile on Sado, opened his residence as a temple with his wife in 1278, and that this is said to be the origin of Myosenji.

The five-storey pagoda of Myosenji behind a wooden fence, with the thatched eaves of a temple building in the foreground.
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The Agency for Cultural Affairs records the temple's five-storey pagoda as an Important Cultural Property of the late Edo period.

Hours

The directions below are the ones Sado City's tourism website publishes.

We have not found opening hours published for this temple. The sources below give the other details on this page.

Admission

We have not confirmed a charge from this temple's own pages. We have no page published by the temple itself to link to, so check on the day. The sources below are public bodies.

Getting there

  • Ryotsu Port — about 30 minutes by car
  • Takedabashi bus stop — about 20 minutes on foot

Sado Sightseeing Navigation (Sado City's tourism website) — Myosenji Temple (English)

Sources

History and background, Getting thereSado Sightseeing Navigation (Sado City's tourism website) — Myosenji Temple (English)
What you can seeAgency for Cultural Affairs — Myosenji five-storey pagoda (Important Cultural Property)

Information checked: September 13, 2026.