Gansenji Temple (Kaizuka City)

Japanese: 願泉寺(貝塚市) - がんせんじ
Gansenji Temple (Kaizuka City)

…The city faces Osaka Bay and stretches across the Izumi Coast Plain and the alluvial plateau to the south, with a long, narrow area. It developed as a town within the Jodo Shinshu Gansenji Temple (Kaizuka Gobo), located at the end of the alluvial plateau, and until the early Meiji period, the temple grounds were surrounded by moats and banks. The Kishu Kaido (National Route 26) runs north and south under the plateau. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ganzenji Temple (Kaizuka City)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大阪湾に面し,和泉海岸平野とその南にひろがる洪積台地にまたがった南北に細長い市域をもつ。洪積台地の末端部に位置する浄土真宗願泉寺(貝塚御坊)の寺内町として発展し,明治初年まで堀と土手を寺内の周囲にめぐらしていた。台地下には南北に紀州街道(国道26号線)が通じる。…

※「願泉寺(貝塚市)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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