Rengebuji Temple

蓮華峰寺 · Buddhist temple

Sado City's tourism website records that the temple is said to have been established by Kukai around 806, and that it is one of the holy places of the Shingon school of Buddhism.

The entrance to Rengebuji, a small roofed gate hung with two lanterns and a banner, with hydrangeas in bloom beside it. — 水乃 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0This resized file is offered under CC BY-SA 4.0, the same licence as the original.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs records the temple's main hall as an Important Cultural Property of the mid-Muromachi 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

Ogi Port — about 11 minutes by car
Ogi Onsenmae bus stop — about 30 minutes on foot

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

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Sources

History and background, Getting there	Sado Sightseeing Navigation (Sado City's tourism website) — Rengebuji Temple (English)
What you can see	Agency for Cultural Affairs — Rengebuji main hall (Important Cultural Property)

Information checked: September 13, 2026.