Temple Spots in Tokushima Area

  • Yakuo-ji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Kaifugunminamichou Okugawauchi Teramae 285-1
    The Yakuo-ji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple located in Okugawauchi, Minami-cho, Tokushima Prefecture. It is the 23rd temple visited on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage; the temple’s formal name is Iozan Muryoju-in. According to legend, the temple was founded in 726 by the Buddhist monk Gyoki on the orders of the Emperor Shomu. The main object of veneration at the Yakuo-ji Temple is a statue of the Yakushi Nyorai Buddha (Medicine Buddha), and praying at the temple is believed to be very effective at warding off evil. The main hall is reached by two flights of stone steps: the Onna-yaku Zaka (33 steps) and the Otoko-yaku Zaka (42 steps). Further on, the Yugi-to pagoda houses an exhibition room and observation platform; downstairs, pilgrims worship by walking round the Yakushiji Sanzon (a triad of three Buddha statues).

    なかなか立派な遍路寺です。開創1300年に及ぶ寺院の縁起だけではなくて、関わっていた人物も聖徳太子の勅願で行基菩薩が建立し、そこへ空海・弘法大師が平城天皇の勅令で本尊、厄除薬師如来像を刻んで厄除の根本祈願寺とした、と云う、仏教界の当初の偉人が総出演で成した寺院です。これだけ役者が揃っている寺院は全国広と云えどもそうは無い、昔から全国区で厄除に人が訪れたのも理解は出来る。堂塔そのものは何度も戦火に遭...

  • Idoji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Kokufuchouido Kitayashiki 80-1
    Idoji Temple, located to the west of Nakaakui Bridge, is the 17th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It used to be named Myoshoji Temple but it came to be called “Ido (Well) Temple” because of the story that Kobo Daishi dug a well with his staff for the local people who were lacking water. The well itself remains as the “Omokage no Ido.” The seven Buddha Yakushi Nyorai—main temple idols—are located in the main hall and were said to have been made by Shotoku Taishi. Visitors can come and worship directly. The eleven-faced Kannon bodhisattva located in the Kannon hall is designated as an Important Cultural Property.

    アクセスがしやすい寺院でした。何度も参拝・遍路しているお馴染みの寺院です。開創1350年の古寺中の古寺名刹です。ネット上にも寺院の事については詳しく紹介されているので略。小さなお堂ですが、日限大師はいつ来ても面白い、目は相当弱っているものの、不思議に井戸にはちゃんと自分の姿が映っている。余り無駄に長生きはしたくないのですが・・・(不謹慎で申し訳ないが)。健康で好きなように行動出来るならいつまでも長...

  • Unpenji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Miyoshishi Ikedachouhakuchi Norochi 763
    This temple belongs to the Omuro sect of Shingon Buddhism and is located in Ikeda Town in Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture near the summit of Mt. Unpenji, and it is the 66th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It has the highest altitude of all the temples in the Shikoku Pilgrimage. It is said to have been erected by a 16-year-old Kukai in 789 when he visited the area. Afterward, under orders from Emperor Saga, he is said to have sculpted the principal image of Senju Kannon Bosatsu in 818 and performed the seven sacred rites. On the temple grounds, the principal image joins a standing statue of Vaisravana and other National Important Cultural Properties, and you’ll also find a statue of Gohyakurakan, a “wish-granting eggplant,” and other items worth seeing. This temple is known for its beautiful fall foliage, and a ropeway operates from the foot of the mountain.

    堂塔も景観も境内の石の羅漢さんも紅葉も、寺院の縁起と歴史も、全てが揃った素晴らしい遍路寺、霊場です。今回の遍路では少し気になることを耳にはさんだので・・。歩き遍路の方がおられて本堂前で納経時間が重複したので、私が先達を担っているグループは先に大師堂で納経したのだが、歩き遍路のグループの一人が極めて不見識かつ非常識な発言をした。「バス乗って下の駐車場まで来ているのだから、納経位は歩いて廻っている者に...

  • Tairyu-ji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Ananshi Kamochou Yongsan 2
    The Tairyu-ji Temple is the 21st temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. According to tradition, the Temple was founded towards the end of the 8th century on the orders of Emperor Kammu. Legend has it that, when Kobo Daishi was aged around 19, he engaged in a devotional practice called Kokuzo-gumonji-ho by chanting a mantra one million times on top of a peak called Mt. Shashin, which is located around 600 meters southeast of the Temple precincts. This peak can be viewed while traveling on the ropeway that leads up to the Tairyu-ji Temple; a bronze statue of Kobo Daishi engaged in his religious devotions has been installed there.

    Visited this temple as part of my 88 Temple Pilgrimage. When I visited, the only options were to either walk or take the cable car. The cable car costs ¥2400 for the round trip, but if you take your...

  • Temple No. 10, Kirihataji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Awashi Ichibachoukirihata Kannon 129
    The Kihata-ji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple in Awa City. It’s formal name is Tokudo-zan Kanjo-in; it is the 10th temple visited on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. According to legend, when the monk Kobo Daishi was practicing asceticism in this area, he asked a weaver’s daughter to give him some fabric offcuts to patch his monk’s robe with; in order to give him offcuts, the girl generously cut up the piece of cloth that she had just finished weaving for him to use. In return for her kindness, Kobo Daishi offered to carve a statue of Senju Kannon (Thousand Armed Avalokiteshwara) for the repose of her parents’ souls. When he performed the kanjo ceremony while bestowing the statue on the girl, she instantly attained Buddhahood and took on the likeness of Senju Kannon. The temple’s name and formal name both derive from this legend. Besides the statue of Senju Kannon in the Hon-do (main hall) which is the main object of veneration at the temple, Senju Kannon Bosatsu is also worshipped here in the form of a Bodhisattva.

    なかなか立派な寺院でしたが、それ以前に、ここは最近の楽して訪れることが出来る遍路寺の中にあっては、異色の存在、名にしおう難所寺でした。つまり、参拝するのに高齢者にとってはかなりしんどい寺院です。本堂までだけでも300数十段の石段があり、大塔へ行くには更に数十段が・・・。後期高齢者の私達にとっては・・・本堂下までのチャータータクシーが無いと・・・とても無理!たった650円で往復、ほぼカバーして貰える...

  • Fujiidera Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Yoshinogawashi Kamojimachouino 1525
    This temple belongs to the Rinzai sect of Myoshinji Temple and is located in Kamojima Town, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima Prefecture, and it is the 11th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is said that in 815, Kukai, at the unlucky age of 42, sculpted a statue of Bhaisajyaguru and constructed the hall to help stave off bad luck for himself and all living things. The five-colored wisteria that Kukai is said to have planted on the temple grounds are the origin of the temple’s name, and they bloom in late April every year. The principal image has been designated an Important Cultural Properties and is beloved by locals for its evil-warding properties. The unryu (dragon and cloud) painting on the ceiling of the main hall is a must-see. There is a treacherous path called the “henro korogashi (falling pilgrim)” that leads to Shosanji Temple, the 12th temple on the pilgrimage.

    季節には花が咲き乱れる美しいお寺ですが、本日は真冬のお遍路なので、花は無し、寒風吹き荒ぶ境内でした。ここも又、四国の無頼漢、長曾我部元親に焼かれた寺院ですが、後年、再建された歴史を有する。但し、本尊だけは長宗我部にも焼かれなかった、と云うことで、厄除薬師の異名も有する国の重要文化財です。この像は四国霊場最古とも云われています。何よりも、ここの特色は寺名にあります。「寺=じ」じゃなくて「寺=てら」と...

  • Tatsue-ji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Komatsushimashi Tatsuechou Wakamatsu 13
    Tatsue-ji Temple is a Koyasan Shingon Buddhist temple in Tatsue Town, Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture and is the 19th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. In 747 priest Gyoki carved a small statue of the Enmei Jizo as the principal image and built a pagoda for the Jizo to pray for smooth delivery for Empress Komyo. In 815 Kobo Daishi carved a large Jizo Buddha statue and put the principal image in its womb. Apart from many worshippers praying for an easy birth the temple is also famous as a “General Checkpoint of Shikoku” where wicked people were punished. The pictures on the ceiling in the main hall drawn when the temple was restored in 1977 are a must see. On the grounds there is the Kuro Kami Hall which is said to have remains of the hair pulled from women who were unfaithful to the morality.

    相当な古寺です。創建1300年に及ぼうかと云う名刹です。ここも又、四国の放火魔兼殺戮者の長曾我部何某とか云う文化財の破壊者によって焼失させられた寺院です。その後に再建されているので国宝とかはありません。気味が悪い伝説も残っているが、余り興味はありません。仁王門も多宝塔もなかなか立派な造りの堂塔です。ここにはどうでも良いと云うよりは、むしろ、あってはならないような余計な口コミページが沢山あります。ま...

  • Byodoji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Ananshi Aratanochou Akiyama 177
    This is a Koyasan Shingon school temple in Aratano-cho, Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture and is 22nd temple of the 88 sacred places on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The origin of this temple is said to be that, at this site, Kobo Daishi found a Bhaisajyaguru and carved his own statue of it, building the temple and making it the principal object of worship. The milky water that welled up at this time (it is now clear and colorless) became known as Kobo’s Miracle-working Water effective for all kinds of ailments and many worshippers put it in containers and take it home. The main hall, which was reconstructed in the middle of the Edo period, has a painted ceiling depicting the traditional themes of natural Japanese beauty.

    良い寺院なんだが、印象としては薄い寺院で、一日経つとどんなだったか?余り覚えていない。特に泊りがけで何か寺も続けて遍路していると余程の寺院でないと記憶には残らない。ここは四国88所霊場第22番札所、山号は白水山、院号は医王院、と、云うことはご本尊は薬師如来さんと云うことになる。

  • Boyazan Hojuin Onzanji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Komatsushimashi Tanochou Onzanjidani 40
    Boyazan Hojuin Onzanji on top of a small mountain located in a suburb of Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect, and the 18th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is said that Gyoki was established at the behest of the Syomu Emperor (724 to 749), and it is also known as the temple where Kobo daishi lifted the ban prohibiting women from visiting the temple for his mother. Tamayorigozen’s teihatsujo where the mother of Daishi cut and dedicated her hair to become a priest, Biranju, where the bishop wood is also a Prefectural Natural Monument, and a statue of Kobo daishi which he is said to have carved himself are must-sees in the precinct.

    なかなか良い遍路寺です、としか言いようがない程度の普通のありふれた寺院でした。縁起は1200年を超える由緒ある寺院。昔は女人禁制だったらしい。知名度の割には印象が薄い寺院でした。本堂や大師堂よりも十大弟子像の方が見応えがあった。この遍路寺は効能抜群の「摺袈裟」で有名です。

  • Temple No. 5, Jizoji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Itanogunitanochou Rakan Hayashihigashi 5
    The Jizo-ji Temple is an Omuro Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Itano Town, Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture. It is the fifth temple visited on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage; the temple’s formal name is Mujin-zan Shogo-in. The Jizo-ji Temple is renowned for the 500 Arhat statues in the Okuno-in Hall.The temple is said to have been founded in 821 by Kobo Daishi (Kukai) on the orders of the Saga Emperor; Kobo Daishi personally carved a statue of the Shogun Jizo bodhisattva (approximately 5 cm high) to be the temple’s main object of veneration. Subsequently, Jokan Shonin, the officiating monk for Kumano Gongen, carved a statue of the Enmei Jizo bodhisattva (approximately 80 cm high) from Kumano Gongen’s sacred tree, and the statue of the Shogun Jizo bodhisattva carved by Kobo Daishi was placed inside this new statue. The temple thrived under the patronage of devout warlords, until it was destroyed by the armies of Motochika Chosokabe. The buildings that the visitor sees today date from the Edo period, when the temple was rebuilt on the orders of the Hachisuka family (the lords of the Tokushima domain).

    弘法大師像をバックに仁王門から境内に進むと左手側が本堂となっていました。ゆったりした印象の平らな境内で、これなら急階段を上がる必要も無く参拝し易いと見受けられました。又、少し離れた奥の院には五百羅漢が祀られており、こちらは拝観料200円となっていました。

  • Ryozen-ji Temple (Starting point for the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage)
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    Tokushima Pref. Narutoshi Oasachoubandou Tsukahana 126
    Ryozen-ji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple that, according to legend, was founded by the monk Gyoki during the Tempyo era (729–749) on the orders of the Shomu Emperor. The Temple’s formal name is Zikuwazan Ichijoin Ryozenji. Selected for inclusion in the “88 Best Places to Visit in Tokushima,” the Ryozen-ji Temple is also the starting-point for the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage, and is affectionately known as Ichi-ban-san (“Number One”). The Temple is visited by white-robed pilgrims throughout the year, and it is possible to purchase Nokyo-cho (stamp-books for collecting the stamps that confirm that a pilgrim has made a donation to a given temple) and pilgrims’ clothing, staffs and bamboo hats etc. Must-see sights at the Temple include a two-storied pagoda housing the Gochi Nyorai Statues (five statues representing different aspects of the wisdom of the Buddha) and the Meiji Garden located on the north side of the Daishi-do hall.

    高層建築と云う程ではありませんが、霊山寺の境内では目立っていました。参拝者の大半が本堂と大師堂に向かう為、多宝塔前は閑散としていましたが、朱塗りでは無い建築が却って特徴的と云えそうでした。

  • Kokubun-ji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Kokufuchou Yano 718-1
    The Kokubun-ji Temple is the 15th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is one of many Kokubun-ji (state-supported provincial temples) founded throughout Japan by Emperor Shomu in the 8th century. As a total of four Kokubun-ji temples were established in Shikoku, and as several of them are included in the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage, this particular temple is known as the Awa Kokubun-ji Temple, to differentiate it from the others. The bodhisattva Gyoki personally carved a statue of the Yakushi Nyorai Buddha (Medicine Buddha) to serve as the main object of veneration at the Temple. The Temple originally belonged to the Hosso school of Buddhism (one of the Southern Schools), but changed allegiance to the Shingon school during the period in which Kobo Daishi was organizing the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage route. The Awa Kokubun-ji Temple Garden has been designated as a National Place of Scenic Beauty and also as a Prefectural Historic Site.

    国分寺と云う名称の寺院で、印象に残っているものや素晴らしいと感じるものは凡そ全国にも皆無です。時の権力者が勅令で無理やり全国に一寺づつとして乱造させた寺院が国分寺なるものです。もっと地元に根差して、人々の崇敬を集約させた格好での創建でないと・・・そうでなくても豊かでない庶民の生活よりも寺院の乱造に精出すような為政者はどうか?と思う。数十の巨大寺院を権力で建造する余裕が国家としてあったなら、庶民にも...

  • Anrakuji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Itanogunkamitachou Hikino Teranonishikita 8
    This guesthouse has a history of 400 years, starting when Kobo Daishi discovered hot springs in the area. It exists even today—now as the only “Ekiroji Temple” of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is a rare set of hot spring/healing ruins. The main object of worship here is Yakushi Nyorai. It serves as a charming guesthouse for travelers who want to chat or see the Buddha statue and other items in an unusual place. It even appeared in a television drama as an overnight-stay hot spring.

    ここの鐘楼門、これはその形状が素晴らしい!ここの本堂は昭和の中期に再建された鉄筋コンクリート造りのもので色彩等が寺院らしく施されているので、寺院らしくは見えるが文化財としては全く見るべきものではありません。それよりも気になったのはこの遍路寺の「口コミページ」??これは一体何なのか??同じ名称の遍路寺が3つも、おまけに極めつけは安楽寺の多宝塔とか、安楽寺の宿坊とか・・・まじめに投稿されたものとは思い...

  • Joroku-ji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Jourokuchou Jouryou
    The Joroku-ji Temple is a Soto-school Buddhist temple located in Tokushima City. The temple’s honorific “mountain name” is Zuirin-zan; its full formal name is Zuirin-zan Jiun-in Joroku-ji; it is the 24th temple on the Awa-Chichibu Kannon Temples 34-temple Pilgrimage. According to the temple’s own traditions, the Joroku-ji Temple was founded in 650, making it a very ancient temple. Besides the Hon-do (main hall), there are many National Important Cultural Properties in the temple, including the Sanmon gate, the Kannon-do hall, and the Kyozo (Scripture House), and as a result the Jorouku-ji Temple has become known as the “Awa region’s Horyu-ji Temple” (the Horyu-ji Temple in Nara is famous for its antiquity and its many treasures). The bloodstained floorboards from the treacherous attack on Shingai Sanetsuna by Motochika Chosokabe in the temple in 1582 have been preserved as part of the ceiling of the Tokuun-in hall; dark patches that are believed to be the vestiges of the bloodstains from the victims’ hands and feet can still be seen today.

    ここは、阿波の法隆寺と呼ばれる程のお寺で観音堂には年季の入った像が拝めたりトイレの神様、血天井と見学出来ます。(血天井の注意書きは長い) 境内参拝料金=300円

  • Fourth Temple of Shikoku Bekkaku 20 temples Pilgrimage, Saba Daishi Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Kaifugunkaiyouchou Asakawa Nakai 15
    This temple is the 4th of the Shikoku Bekkaku 20 Temples. At some point people began calling it Saba Daishi (“mackerel great priest”), saying that praying at the temple for three years while abstaining from eating mackerel would grant wishes, cure diseases, and grant happiness. The temple has lodgings for temple visitors and those on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Religious services are held starting at 6 a.m. while goma rituals are held starting at 7 p.m. Visitors can also listen to Buddhist sermons by the chief priest and copy sutras. The temple is a truly place where people can purify and discipline the heart.

    八坂寺、という呼称よりも、鯖大師という名前の方が通りの良い、四国八十八か所別格霊場第四番札所となっているお寺です。住所的には浅川という地区に立地していますが、JRの最寄駅としては浅川ではなく、隣の鯖瀬駅ですので注意が必要です。鯖瀬駅からは徒歩5分程度の近距離です。

  • Tomei-zan, Dogaku-ji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Myouzaigunishichou Ishi Jounouchi 605
    The Dogaku-ji Temple is a Zentsu-ji sect Shingon Buddhist temple in Ishii Town. The temple’s formal name is “Tomei-zan.” It is ranked second out of the 20 Fudasho Bangai (temples not included in the official list of the temples making up the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage), and is the 11th temple visited of the 36 temples in the Shikoku Fudo Pilgrimage. The name “Dogaku-ji” (“Child’s Learning Temple”) relates to the fact that the monk Kobo Daishi studied calligraphy and other academic disciplines as child; praying at the temple was believed to bring academic success. Within the temple grounds there is a sacred spring which is reputed to have sprung forth from the ground when Kobo Daishi prayed for water to wash his ink-slab with; inside the head priest’s quarters there is a shoin-style garden (designed to be viewed from the shoin, or study) which is believed to have been created in the Muromachi period. The Dogaku-ji Temple is around 30 minutes’ walk from Ishii Station on the JR Tokushima Line.

    四国霊場の別格寺院として参拝しました。かなり辺鄙な場所にある別格寺院が多い中、通りから少し外れただけで車の乗入も問題ありませんでした。少々分かり辛い駐車場から境内に向かうと特徴的な山門が目に入り、その先は広い境内が広がっていました。以前、本堂が焼失したようでしたが、その形跡は無かったことから再建が完了した模様でした。

  • 20th Temple of Shikoku Bekkaku 20 temples Pilgrimage and So-Okunoin of 88 sacred places on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, Otakiji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Mimashi Wakimachi Nishiotani 674
    One of the Shikoku Bekkaku 20 Temples, this historic temple was built by the Buddhist priest Gyoki during the Nara period in the magnificent Sanuki Mountains. It enshrines an Amitabha triad. During the Tokugawa period, the temple was where the Inada clan, the chief retainers of the Takamatsu domain and the Tokushima domain, came to pray. The temple is famous as a place to ward off bad luck.

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  • Shosanji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Myouzaigunkamiyamachou Shimobun Underground 318
    This temple of the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism is located in Kamiyama Town in Myozai County, Tokushima Prefecture, and it is the 12th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is known for its position near the difficult-to-reach eighth station of Mt. Shosanji, which has an altitude of 938 meters, but nowadays there is a roadway leading to it. According to temple legend, it was founded by a pilgrim in the Asuka period. Afterward, Kukai is said to have sealed an enormous snake that had been terrorizing the villagers in a rock cavern near the summit, after which he built the temple. A three-headed statue of Daikokuten (god of wealth), said to be Kukai himself, is enshrined inside the Sanmen (three-headed) Daikoku Hall. The temple grounds contain several large cedar trees said to be hundreds of years old, and the area has been designated a Natural Monument.

    境内正面に立つ本堂の左手に立つお堂に祀られているようでした。標準的な団参ツアーだと本堂と大師堂だけお詣りする為、他のお堂は素通りされる事が多いのですが、個人で参拝するとそれぞれのお堂を確認する事が出来ました。因みにおみくじの自販機はこのお堂前にありました。

  • Kakurinji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Katsuragunkatsurachou Ikuna Washigao 14
    This is a Koyasan Shingon school temple in Katsuura-cho, Katsuura County in Tokushima Prefecture and is 20th temple of the 88 sacred places on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. It is located high on a mountain with a distant view of the mountains of Awaji and Wakayama as well as the Pacific Ocean and the front avenue is difficult to climb with a sharp slope called the Pilgrim Knock-down. The temple was built by Kobo Daishi in 798. It is said that he found a golden jizo bodhisattva protected by two white cranes in the forest which he placed inside a statue of the jizo bodhisattva that he made himself and this became the principal object of worship at the temple.

    四国遍路3泊4日旅の二日目は20番鶴林寺と21番太龍寺を参拝します。「一に焼山、二にお鶴、三に太龍」と言われる阿波の難所で山を上り下りします。本来の歩き遍路ですと19番立江寺が出発地となりますが公共交通と徒歩で巡る私は登山道入り口の生名まで徳島駅前7:25発のバスを利用しました。バスは交通渋滞で20分程遅れ9時に遍路道を上り始めます。最初は緩やかな坂ですが水吞大師あたりから急な山道となります。本堂...

  • Temple No. 8, Kumadaniji Temple
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    Tokushima Pref. Awashi Donarichoudonari Maeda 185
    The Kumadani-ji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple located in Awa City. Its formal name is Fumyo-zan Shinko-in; it is the eighth temple visited on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is said that when the monk Kobo Daishi was meditating near here in 815, Kumano Gongen appeared to him and presented him with a gold statue of Kannon (the Goddess of Mercy) about 5 cm in height. Praying three times after each stroke of the wood-carving knife, Kobo Daishi carved a life-size statue of Senju Kannon in sacred wood, and placed the gold statue that he had received inside it, before building a temple to house the statue. These statues thus became the main object of veneration at the Kumadani-ji Temple. Unfortunately, the statues were destroyed in a fire that burnt down the Hon-do (main hall) of the temple in 1927; the statue that the visitor sees today was installed in 1971.

    昭和56年に完成した修理を記載する「多宝塔記念碑」によると四国地方最古の歴史を誇るそうでした。境内へ入って本堂へ向かう途中に立っており下からは見上げるような位置関係になっていました。お遍路ツアーでは素通りされるようでしたが、個人参拝なら立寄って見るのが良さそうでした。

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The southeastern corner of Shikoku is home to Tokushima prefecture, a region celebrated for its luscious nature and the nation’s favorite Awa Odori, an energetic dance to which an annual summer festival has been dedicated. Keeping the upbeat tempo, whirlpools excite the Naruto sea off Tokushima, while inland, dramatic cliffs line the Iya Valley, promising unrivaled views of vast and vibrant scenery.

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