“A special moment to feel the weight of prayer and time as a Buddhist statue emerges after a long time.”
Gokaicho (openings of Buddhist statues) are held in various regions across Japan. Travel, experience the local lands and temples, and view hidden Buddha statues that are normally not visible to the public.
November 2025: Information on local exhibitions across Japan
November 1st (Sat) Kanmyoji Temple Fudo Triad (Tokyo)
November 1st (Sat) & 2nd (Sun) Genkoji Temple Principal Image: Seated Eleven-Headed Kannon (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat) & 2nd (Sun) Yakushiji Temple Standing Amida Buddha, Seated Yakushi Nyorai, and Standing Jizo Bodhisattva (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat) & 2nd (Sun) Takadaji Temple Seated Yakushi Nyorai and Seated Amida Buddha (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat) – 3rd (Mon./Holiday) Kyutomyoji Temple Standing Thousand-Armed Kannon, Eleven-Headed Kannon, Standing Shokannon, Standing Acalanatha Kannon, and Standing Bato Kannon (Kyoto Prefecture)November 1st (Sat.) – 3rd (Mon., National Holiday) Shaka Triad Statue, Kamimidō Hall, Hōryū-ji Temple (Nara Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat.) – 3rd (Mon., National Holiday) Seated Vairocana Statue, Tahoto Pagoda, Yoshida-dera Temple (Nara Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat.) – 3rd (Mon., National Holiday) Standing Bronze Bodhisattva Statue, Onkosōseikan Historical Park, Kumamoto Prefecture
November 1st (Sat.) – 7th (Fri.) Wood-Carved Statue of Kobo Daishi, Daishido Hall, Jingō-ji Temple (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat.) – 7th (Fri.) Autumn Special Exhibition, Special Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Reconstruction of the Three-Story Pagoda, Horin-ji Temple (Nara Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat.) – 7th (Fri.) Standing Statue of the Crowned Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva, Fukuchi-in Temple (Nara City)
November 1st (Sat) – 16th (Sun) Fukurinji Temple: First Principal Image in 44 Years: Eleven-Headed Kannon Standing Statue (Shiga Prefecture)
November 1st (Sat) – 30th (Sun) Suishin-in Temple: Special Autumn Exhibition of Cultural Properties Not Open to the Public (Kyoto City)
November 1st (Sat) – 30th (Sun) Konin-ji Temple: Principal Image: Kokuzo Bosatsu Statue (Nara City)
November 2nd (Sun) Ichijoji Temple Regular Treasure Viewing Day (Hyogo Prefecture)
November 2nd (Sun) & 3rd (Mon. Holiday) Ryukakuji Temple Seated Yakushi Nyorai Statue (Chiba Prefecture)
November 2nd (Sun) & 3rd (Mon. Holiday) Isenji Temple Benten, White Dragon King, and Kokei Buddha (Chiba Prefecture)
November 2nd (Sun), 3rd (Mon. Holiday), & 15th (Sat) Bujoji Temple Autumn Storage Opening (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 2nd (Sun), 3rd (Mon. Holiday), 9th (Sun), 16th (Sun), 23rd (Sun), 24th (Mon. Holiday), & 30th (Sun) Iiyama Kannon Hasedera Temple Standing Statue of Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva (Kanagawa Prefecture)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) Seated Thousand-Armed Kannon Statue at Sojiji Temple (Toyama Prefecture)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) Standing Bronze Amida Buddha Statue at Kamisomeya Fudo Hall (Tokyo)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) Thousand Jizo Bodhisattva at Shofukuji Jizo Hall (Tokyo)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) Izumiyama Yuzu Benzaiten at Kaikoji Temple (Kyoto City)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) Seated Amida Buddha Statue at Anpukuji Temple (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) Evil-Proof Kannon and Torsoes from Around the World at Matsuo-ji Temple (Nara Prefecture)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) Special Cultural Property Exhibition at Kyuanji Temple (Osaka Prefecture)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) – 5th (Wednesday) Standing Amida Buddha Statue at Josenbo (Yamamoto Noh Theater) (Osaka City)
November 3rd (Monday, National Holiday) – December 7th (Sunday) Shoryakuji Temple Autumn Special Open House (Nara Prefecture)
November 7th (Friday) Yakushi-an Seated Yakushi Nyorai Statue (Niigata City)
November 8th (Saturday), 9th (Sunday), 15th (Saturday), and 16th (Sunday) Kinoshita Shusse Inari Shrine at Chisei-ji Temple (Tokyo)
November 8th (Saturday) – 15th (Saturday) Special Exhibition of Hidden Buddhas and Treasures at Obitake-ji Temple (Nara City)
November 9th (Sunday) Seated Yakushi Nyorai Statue at Saion-ji Temple (Shiga Prefecture)
November 9th (Sunday) Jingo-ji Temple Myo-o Hall, Principal Deity: Acala (Kyoto City)
November 9th (Sunday) Shoryuji Temple, Principal Deity: Eleven-Headed Kannon Standing Statue (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 9th (Sunday) Honzan-ji Temple, Principal Deity: Standing Statue of Bishamonten (Osaka Prefecture)
November 9th (Sunday) Daijobo Temple, Principal Deity: Standing Statue of Bishamonten (Osaka City)
November 12th (Wed) – 16th (Sun) Otani-dera Temple, Principal Deity: Nyoirin Kannon Bodhisattva (Shiga Prefecture)
November 14th (Fri) Fukutoku-ji Temple, Iron Standing Amida Triad (Saitama Prefecture)
November 15th (Sat) Shoin-ji Temple, Standing Shokannon Bodhisattva (Yamagata City)
November 15th (Sat) Shinnyodo Temple, Principal Deity: Standing Amida Nyorai Statue, etc. (Kyoto City)
November 15th (Sat) & 16th (Sun) Saien-ji Temple, Standing Yakushi Nyorai Statue, Nikko Bodhisattva Statue, and Gakko Bodhisattva Statue (Kyoto Prefecture)
November 15th (Sat), 16th (Sun), 19th (Wed) – 24th (Mon), 26th (Wed) – 28th (Fri) Ansho-ji Temple, Standing Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva Statue (Kyoto City)
November 16th (Sun) Kokyu-ji Temple Standing statues of Nikko Bodhisattva and Gekko Bodhisattva (Nagano Prefecture)
November 17th (Monday) Onchoji Temple Seated Statue of Saint Shinran (Niigata City)
November 20th (Thursday) Horinji Temple Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva (Mie Prefecture)
November 21st (Friday) – 23rd (Sunday/Holiday) Engyo-ji Temple Autumn Cultural Property Opening and Maple Festival (Hyogo Prefecture)
November 22nd (Saturday) Hachiyo Renge-ji Temple Standing Statue of Amida Buddha (Osaka Prefecture)
November 22nd (Saturday) & 23rd (Sunday/Holiday) Suzen-ji Temple Principal Image of Amida Buddha (Gunma Prefecture)
November 22nd (Saturday) – 30th (Sunday) Taimadera Temple Seinan-in Temple Eleven-Headed Kannon, Shokannon, and Thousand-Armed Kannon Standing Statues (Nara Prefecture)
November 22nd (Saturday) – December 14th (Sunday) Joju-ji Temple Seated Statue of Amida Buddha (Kyoto City)
November 23rd (Sunday, Holiday) Mano-ji Temple, Masked Thousand-Armed Kannon Statue (Chiba Prefecture)
November 23rd (Sunday, Holiday) Saizen-ji Temple, Hidden Buddha Bishamonten (Saitama Prefecture)
November 23rd (Sunday, Holiday) Akaiwa-ji Temple, Temple Treasure Exhibition: Seated Aizen Myoo Statue (Aichi Prefecture)
November 23rd (Sunday, Holiday) Fumon-ji Temple, Storage Opening (Aichi Prefecture)
November 23rd (Sunday, Holiday) Ashiura Kannon-ji Temple, Amida Buddha Statue and Jizo Bodhisattva Statue (Shiga Prefecture)
November 23rd (Sunday, Holiday) and 24th (Monday Closed) Shincho-ji Temple, Seated Shaka Nyorai Statue and Cultural Property Opening (Gifu City)
November 29th (Saturday) and 30th (Sunday) Kyoto Yawata Autumn Cultural Property Opening (Kyoto Prefecture)
December 2025: Information on local exhibitions across Japan
December 6th (Sat.) Iiyama Kannon Hasedera Temple Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva Statue (Kanagawa Prefecture)
December 6th (Sat.) & 7th (Sun.) Anshoji Temple Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva Statue (Kyoto City)
December 7th (Sun.) Ryukakuji Temple Principal Image Seated Yakushi Nyorai Statue (Chiba Prefecture)
December 7th (Sun.) & 8th (Mon.) Daiho’onji Temple (Senbon Shakado) Principal Image Seated Shaka Nyorai Statue (Kyoto City)
December 8th (Mon.) Yakuoji Temple Enku Buddhist Statues (Saitama Prefecture)
December 8th (Mon.) Soganji Temple Fudo Myo-o Opening Ceremony (Saitama Prefecture)
December 13 (Sat.) Jinmu-ji Temple Soot-Removal Ceremony, Principal Deity: Yakushi Nyorai (Kanagawa Prefecture)
December 14 (Sun.) Jingo-ji Temple Myo-o Hall, Principal Deity: Acala (Kyoto City)
December 14 (Sun.) – January 28, 2026 (Wed.) Iwaya-ji Temple, Principal Deity: Standing Statue of Daisho Acala (Kyoto City)
December 16 (Tue.) Todai-ji Temple, Shunjo-do Hall, Kaisan-do Hall, and Hokkedo Hall (Nara City)
December 18 (Thu.) Hasedera Temple Foot Pilgrimage (Kanagawa Prefecture)
December 18 (Thu.) Tsubosaka-ji Temple, Offering Kannon, Kojima Kojin Kannon Statue (Wakayama Prefecture)
December 18 (Thu.) Kokawa-ji Temple, Boys’ Gathering, Boys’ Ascetic (Wakayama Prefecture)
December 21st (Sun) Kokyuji Temple, Standing Statues of Nikko Bodhisattva and Gekko Bodhisattva (Nagano Prefecture)
December 21st (Sun) and 31st (Wed) Shorenji Temple, Seated Statue of Kobo Daishi (Kanagawa Prefecture)
December 22nd (Mon) Mayaji Temple, Standing Statue of Lady Maya (Tokyo)
December 22nd (Mon) Takayama Fudoson (Jorakuin Temple), Standing Statue of Guntari Myoo (Saitama Prefecture)
December 22nd (Mon) Shoryakuji Temple, Winter Solstice Festival, Hidden Buddha Display (Nara Prefecture)
December 26th (Fri) Daigoji Temple, Uga Benzaiten (Kyoto City)
December 31st (Wednesday) Yakushi Nyorai, the principal image of Kageyama Temple (Kanagawa Prefecture)
December 31st (Wednesday) Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva, Beppu Kannon-do Temple (Gifu Prefecture)
December 31st (Wednesday) Standing Jizo Bodhisattva Statue, Fukoin Temple (Nara City)
December 31st (Wednesday) Seated Vairocana Buddha Statue, Kongohokaiji Temple (Oita City)
December 31st (Wednesday) – January 3rd (Saturday) Manjusri Bodhisattva, Chion-ji Temple (Kyoto Prefecture)
December 31st (Wednesday) – January 3rd (Saturday) New Treasure House Opening at Toshodaiji Temple (Nara City)
