Potoku Temple

Potoku Temple

Info

JR Higashi-Obama Station → 5 minutes by car
4km 10 minutes from Maizuru Wakasa Road Obama IC via Prefectural Road 35
20 units/free

Business Hours

8:30 to 17:00

Price

Visits 400 yen

Spot Category

Shrines and churches, fall leaves spot


National Designated Meishatsu Garden "Japanese Foliage Hundred"

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