Mikata Ishi Kannon Kanzeon

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Mikata Ishi Kanzeon 三方石観世音 Mikata Stone Kannon, Fukui
大悲山三方石観音 Saihizan Mikata Ishi Kannon
Katate Kannon 片手観音 Kannon with One Arm


福井県 三方上中郡 若狭町 三方1-1 / 1-1 Mikata, Wakasa-cho, Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui

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One night sometime in the Enryaku Period (about 1,200 years ago) the priest Kobo Daishi had secluded himself in this mountain area and was carving a stone (ishi) statue of the Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
However he was forced to abandon his effort upon hearing a rooster crow to announce the daybreak. He left the mountain and the statue's right hand remained unfinished. This site is now designated as a special holy site along the Hokuriku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and, on account of the statue's missing limb, is said to have healing powers for limb disabilities.
The path to the mountainside away from the Main Hall leads to a spring called 'Kannon Reisui' and, in March 2006, the spring's water 'Fukui no Oishii Mizu' (Fukui's Delicious Water) was recognised as among the very best from Fukui.
- source : wakasa-mikatagoko.jp/en...






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- - - - - The cock who woke up Kobo Daishi.



. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海 . . (774 - 835)

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Statue of Fudo Myo-O

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shuin　朱印 stamp



omamori　お守り amulets

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : mikata.main.jp...

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

春の彼岸中日法要
秋の彼岸中日法要
奥の院火祭り　7月17日 Fire Festival
石観音大祭　7月18日 Main Festival
紅葉のライトアップ Autumn colors light up

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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

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The messenger of 三方石観音 Mikata Ishi Kannon is 烏天狗 Karasu Tengu.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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Hokuriku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage　北陸三十三ヵ所観音霊場巡り





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