Chofukuji Yakushi Nukata

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Choofukuji 長福寺 Chofuku-Ji, Nukata
瑠璃山 Rurizan 長福寺 Chofukuji

千葉県君津市糠田403 / Chiba, Kimitsu city, Nukata

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

The date of the founding is not clear.

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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

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This temple is Nr. 10 of the pilgrimage
. Kazusa 35 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 .

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


....................................................................... Kagawa 香川県　
高松市 Takamatsu city 川部町 Kawabe town

. seiryuu 青龍 Seiryu, an Azure Dragon statue. .




....................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県　
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足柄上郡 Ashigara Kami district 松田町 Matsuda town

joroo ishi 女郎石 the stone of the prostitute
In the compound of 三頭山長福寺 the Temple Chofuku-Ji at the food of 宮地山 Mount Miyaji
there is a stone of about 1,2 m high, lookig like a woman.
Once upon a time, a prostitute in love with a man she could not get
killed hersself here and became a stone.




....................................................................... Niigata 新潟県　
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佐渡郡 Sado district 佐和田町 Sawada town

. ike no nushi 池の主 と伝説 the Master of the Pond .
A woman named O-Towa working at 長福寺 the Temple Chofuku-Ji
went to the mountain forest to collect fuki 蕗 butterbur.
Her loincloth became dirty and when she washed it at the pond, the "Master of the Pond" appeared and said :
"Women who wash their loincloth in my pond have to become my wife with in 3 days.
In her fear Otowa stayed in bed. The Master of the Pond came to claim her and said
if she would not appear, there would be great rain and water damage in the village.
So she followed him into the pond to become his wife.
A few days later, there appeared a small floating island in the lake to show that Otowa now lived there.
The pond was now called Otowa-Ike おとわ池 Otowa Pond.
On the 23rd day of June the villagers come here to hold a special ritual for her soul.
. butterbur sprouts, fuki no too 蕗の薹 Petasites japonicus .




....................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県　

. En no Gyoja 役行者 (634 - 706) .

. yamabushi 山伏 a mountain priest .

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Shizuoka 掛川市 Kakegawa city

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .
At 長福寺 the Temple Chofuku-Ji there once came a Yamabushi and asked for money on his journey.
The priest told him there was no money, there was only kane 鐘, a temple bell.
"If this KANE (a synonym with money) helps you, take it with you!"
The Yamabushi picked up the heavy bell with no problem and left.
He hang the bell at 大峯釈迦嶽の松 the pine tree at Mount Omine Shakadake.
. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree .

. more photos of 大峯釈迦嶽 Omine Shakadake .
Mount Shakadake 釈迦ヶ岳 is 1,799.6 m high.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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