A tahōtō (多宝塔, lit. many-jewelled pagoda) is a form of Japanese pagoda found primarily at Esoteric Shingon and Tendai school Buddhist temples. It is unique among pagodas because it has an even number of stories (two).

The Tahoto Pagoda is located on a little hill and offers amazing views over Miyajima and the famous Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. During the cherry blossom season, you are surrounded there by an ocean of white flowers.

The pagoda is the place where the Sue army first took up position during the Battle of Miyajima; today, the area is famous for its cherry blossoms in spring. The pagoda is also lit up at night, and many tourists take photographs of Itsukushima Shrine with this beautiful tower in the background.

Tahoto is a Buddhist architectural structure in the form of a Japanese pagoda. The architectural structure is basically found primarily at Esoteric Shingon and Tendai school Buddhist temples. Since the pagoda has an even number of stories, it is …

Tahoto (literally, "multiple-treasure pagoda") represent an architecture of pagodas, which are religious buildings in Asia. Today's temple architects and cultural property experts define tahoto as a single-level tower with a Mokoshi (pent roof).

From inside the stupa a voice emanated saying “Wonderful, wonderful, Sakyamuni Buddha. Your sermon is the truth.” That was Taho Nyorai (the Buddha of the Past) proclaiming the truth of Shaka's words. Hence, traditionally the temples which practice the chanting of the Lotus Sutra build Tahoto pagodas.

Tahoto Pagoda is one of the forms of a pagoda in temple architecture; it is a two-storied tower with a lower cube-shaped part and an upper cylindrical part. A cylindrical tower with a square-shaped roof on top is called a “Hoto (treasure tower)”, and in most cases there is a metal pinnacle called a “Sorin” on the top of a pagoda.

Tahoto Pagoda This bright vermillion two-storied pagoda greatly resembles the Konpon Daito, the enormous pagoda located up the mountain at Koyasan. Enshrined within is a statue of Amida Nyorai, the Buddha of Infinite Light and Life.

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While the Five-Tiered Pagoda commemorates the historical Buddha known in Japan as Shaka Nyorai (Shakyamuni Buddha), the Many-Jeweled Pagoda honors one of the Buddhas of the future, Taho Nyorai (Prabhūta-ratna).