![shoujyouji temple gate](https://i0.wp.com/countrysidejapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shoujyou-temple-gate.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Temple size is now small but the meaning is comparable to Yakushiji Temple in Nara, where the main statue is Buddha giving medicine to people.
If I write without fear of misunderstanding, there are three types of Buddha statues: Buddha, the founder of enlightenment, pharmacist (Namely ‘Yakushi’ is a medicine master in literary in Japanese.) who cures the illness of this world, and Amida who promises the happiness of the next life.
![bandai mountains from shoujyouji](https://i0.wp.com/countrysidejapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bandai-mountains-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Advance reservations* are required to view Yakushi Nyorai(Buddha statue), but it is a good opportunity to know that there was a similar Buddhist culture in the area away from Kyoto and Nara.
*)Local people take care of the temple by themselves.
Small Detour
![nanukamachi street](https://i0.wp.com/countrysidejapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/nanukamachi-street.jpg?resize=525%2C394&ssl=1)
There are many tourist destinations in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, but this site is about the countryside, so I will omit it here. I had a glance of historical street ‘Nanukamachi’ by chance passing through the city.
![tou no hetsuri shrine](https://i0.wp.com/countrysidejapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tounohetsuri-shrine.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)