Monjuji Fudo Mimuro

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Monjuji 文殊寺 Monju-Ji, Mimuro
大智山 覚母院 文殊寺

埼玉県さいたま市緑区三室1956 / Saitama city, Midori ward, Mimuro

The main statue is 文殊菩薩 Monju Bosatsu.

This temple used to be located in the compound of
Hikawa Nyotai Jinja 氷川女体神社 Hikawa Nyotai Shrine.
The Shrine would distribute the stamps for the temple.
Around 1868 the temple was united with 喜見山長樹院 薬王寺 the temple Yakuo-Ji in Mimuro
and removed to its present location.

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Hikawa Nyotai-jinja Shrine

Hikawa Nyotai-jinja Shrine is a historically significant shrine tucked away in the Minuma wetlands area. If you find yourself walking along the rice fields here, this shrine is a great spot to make you feel as though you’ve truly stepped out into Japanese nature. While the shrines and temples in Tokyo are also large and historical, you won’t get that same feeling of being surrounded by nature as you will here.
Hikawa Nyotai-jinja Shrine has historically been dedicated to female health, and the shrine’s way to manifest this is their sale of small unique dolls. Visitors can buy the dolls on-site. Then when their wishes or requests come true, they return the dolls to the shrine to be on display with a custom-made kimono. You cannot buy the kimono at any store, so it must be either hand-made or made using some other creative method. It’s very cool to see generations of history being enshrined through all these dolls, with their unique dresses on.
While praying is perhaps the main objective of visiting shrines or any other religious institution, Japanese shrines have many unique ways of attracting people, and will often send you home with some sort of charm, memento, or in this case a small doll. A very neat souvenir, and hopefully a reason to come back in the future, to add your own piece of history to the collection at Hikawa Nyotai-jinja Shrine.
- 2-17-1 Miyamoto, Midori Ward, Saitama, 336-0916
- source : saitamacity-visitorsguide ...

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shuin　朱印 stamp

monjuji ema 文殊寺絵馬 Monju-Ji Temple large votive tablet
a cultural treasure of the town

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

Every year on the 8th of January - the main festival.

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Kanto 33 Kannon Pilgrimage 関東三十三観音霊場 . - Nr. 14
武蔵東向寅薬師足立十二札所（北側）1番です。

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- reference source : tesshow -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This Temple is Nr. 17 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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. Temples with legends .

. Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 .

. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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