Fujiidera

Fujiidera is a city in Osaka Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. It sits in the Osaka metropolitan area on the Osaka Plain. Settlement in the area dates to the Kofun period. Parts of the Furuichi Kofun Group in the city were inscribed by UNESCO in 2019. Fujiidera became a city in 1966. Fujii-dera Temple is Temple No. 5 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. The temple preserves a National Treasure statue of the thousand-armed Kannon. Dōmyōji Tenman-gū Shrine honors the scholar Sugawara no Michizane. The shrine is noted for its seasonal plum grove. Kintetsu Railway provides quick access to central Osaka.