title: Renge-ji (Sanda)
text: # Renge-ji (Sanda)
  
  Renge-ji (Japanese:蓮花寺) is a Shingon sect Buddhist temple in Sanda City, Hyogo, Japan.
  
  ## Objects of Worship
  
  Amitabha Buddha (Prefecture designated Important Cultural Property).
  
  ## History
  
  According to the Sanda City website, Renge-ji dates to around 1300.
  
  ## Cultural Properties
  
  The two storied pagoda is designated a cultural asset by Hyogo prefecture. The original plan of the pagoda, at one tenth scale, is still preserved at the temple. A document found inside the building dates the current structure to 1812 CE.
  
  