This marble garden is located in the precincts of the temple Kosanji.
It is 5,000 square meters in area, 25 meters in elevation, and 3,000 tons of marble from Carrara, Italy, is used for this environmental art.
The hilltop overlooks the town of Setoda and the Seto Inland Sea, and the entire hill is dotted with more than 10 monuments of various sizes, including “Bishamonten” and “Koumei no To (Tower of Light).
Sculptor Itto Kuetani spent 12 years from 1988 to create these monuments.
Kosanji Temple is a new temple built in 1936 by Kosanji Kozo, a former businessman who became an ordained Buddhist monk, as a family temple for his mother.
Fifteen of these buildings, including the temple gate and main hall, are registered as Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan. The temple also has a large collection of art and cultural assets, including Buddhist statues, paintings and calligraphy, and tea ceremony utensils, and the entire temple is a registered museum.
9:00-17:00
Open all year round
Adults 1,400 yen
University and high school students 1,000 yen
Free for junior high school and elementary school students and younger
25 min. by boat from Mihara Port → 10 min. on foot from Setoda Port
10 min. drive from the Ikuchishima Kita IC on the Shimanami Kaido Highway
Sanyo Expressway
Onomichi IC→Nishi-Seto-Onomichi IC→ Ikuchijima Kita IC→Kosanji Temple (50 min.)
Fukuyama Nishi IC→Nishi-Seto-Onomichi IC→Ikuchijima Kita IC→Kosanji Temple (40 min.)
13 minutes from the Ikuchijima Kita IC
Shimanami Kaido
Imabari IC→ Ikuchijima Minami IC→Kosanji Temple (35 min.)
13 minutes from the Ikuchijima Minami IC