Shinjuku Fudo Hall Kisarazu

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Shinjuku Fudo Do 新宿不動堂 Fudo Hall, Kisarazu
成田山 Naritazan 新宿不動堂 Shinjuku Fudodo / Niijuku Fudo-Do
成田山木更津教会

千葉県木更津市新宿12-15 / Kisarazu city, Shinjuku 12-15

The main statue is Fudo Myo-O.

The temple was founded in 1945 by 明空大律師 Myoku Dairisshi
and later supported by 三枝明道 Akimichi Saegusa.

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Shin Kazusa 33 Kannon 新上総国三十三観音霊場 - Nr. 25 .
. Kanto Henro Pilgrimage 関東八十八ヶ所霊場 - Nr. 49 .
. Kazusa Shichifukujin 上総の七福神霊場　Benzaiten .

上総国　薬師如来霊場　十五番札所
上総　保久利地蔵霊場　一番札所

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This temple is Nr. 15 of the pilgrimage
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Shinpukuji Fudo Tsuji

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Shinpuku-Ji 真福寺 Shinpuku-Ji, Tsuji
駒形山 Komagatazan 真福寺 Shinpukuji

川口市辻736 / Kawaguchi city, Tsuji

The standing Fudo Myo-O statue is in the compound.

The temple was founded in 1549 by 運永 Priest Unei, who died in 1550.
Not much information is found online.

The 真福寺観音堂 Kannon Hall in the compound.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Musashi no Kuni 88 Pilgrimage 武蔵国八十八ヶ所霊場 . - Nr. 62

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This Temple is Nr. 91 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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岡崎市 Okazaki city 岩津村 Iwazu village

. Oni - Demon Legends from Aichi .
Near 眞福寺 the Temple Shinpuku-Ji in Iwazu village there lived 鬼 an Oni Demon.
But he was driven out by the villagers.
His carcass was placed in a bottle and burried but
because there was a curse they held a special ritual where they did not place urin into the bottle.
Thus the curse was over.

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仙台市 Sendai city 若林区 Wakabayashi ward

kubi 首 a head
Once in a winter night, a young Samurai came from 荒町 Aramachi town down to 真福寺 the Temple Shinpuku-Ji.
In the alley of the house fo 只木惣助 Tadaki Sosuke he met a beautiful woman.
The woman said:
"I am a concubine and my lord wants to kill me tonight. Please help me!".
The Samurai promised to do so and went home near the river.
At night when he was in bed he heard a voice form the river:
"Please help me!"
And soon later the head of a woman flew past the home of his family.

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Shigisan Betsuin Kannon Mie Ikuwa

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Shigisan Betsuin 信貴山別院 Shigisan Betsu-In, Ikuwa
生桑山 Ikuwazan 信貴山別院 Shigisan Betsuin 千福寺 Senpuku-Ji

四日市市生桑町1825-1 / Yokkaichi, Ikuwa town

The main statue is 毘沙門天王 Bishamon Ten.

- Chant of the temple
おん　べいしら　まんだや　そわか

The temple was founded in 736 by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu
on request of 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (in duty 724～49).
Gyoki named the temple 長松山 Nagamatsuzan、永代寺 Eitai-Ji, but it was later lost to fire.
Around 1300 (in the Kamakura period) it was revitalized by
Priest 虎関国師, who placed a stone statue of 石仏の毘沙門天王 Bishamonten in the compound.
During the Meiji restauration, priest 定峯和尚 from the temple 伊勢国 密厳寺 Mitsugon-Ji in Ise took care of the statue.
In 1958, the temple was revitalized as 大和信貴山 Yamato Shigisan and named
千福寺 Senpuku-Ji.
In 1977 the main hall was built and called the statue called いくわの毘沙門さん Ikuwa no Bishamon San.

THe present wooden statue of Bishamon Ten is 81 cm and
was made from cypress wood in the Kamakura period (1189 - 1333).

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１月１日～３日　　　　修正会
４月８日　　　　　　　花まつり
５月８日、１１月８日　本尊御開帳
７月盆　　　　　　　　施餓鬼供養
１２月３１日　　　　　終法要

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This temple is Nr. 06 of the pilgrimage
. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 .

. Bishamon-Ten 毘沙門天 .
多聞天　Tamonten (Vaishravana)

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Shinpukuji Fudo Bessho

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Shinpukuji 真福寺 Shinpuku-Ji, Bessho
法光山 Hokkozan　無量院 Muryo-In 真福寺 Shinpukuji

さいたま市南区別所2-5-14 / Saitama city, Minami ward, Bessho

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.
It is a secret statue shown only every 12 years in the year of the rooster on the 15th of April.

The date of the founding is not clear.
The temple was restored in 1666 by 宥尊 Priest Yuson.
In front of the Main Hall is a huge Gingko Tree.
In the compound are six Statues of Jizo Bosatsu.

The large Gingko Tree イチョウの大木
It is about 20 meters high and 6 meters in circumference.

This tree is 市の天然記念物 a Natural Monument of the city of Saitama.
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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Bushu Adachi 100 Fudo Temples Pilgrimage 武州足立百不動尊霊場 . - Nr. 69

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This Temple is Nr. 69 of the
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岡崎市 Okazaki city

Near the temple 眞福寺 Shinpuku-Ji in 岩津村 Iwazu villate there lived an oni 鬼 demon,
but he was killed by the villagers.
They put its bones into a urine bottle and burried it,
but there was a curse and they held proper rituals for the dead.
They never put urine into a bottle again and the curse stopped.
. 宝生院 Shinpuku-Ji 眞福寺 Temple Hosho-In - Osu, Nagoya .




....................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県　
仙台市 Sendai city 若林区 Wakabayashi ward

kubi 首 a head
Once upon a time on a cold winter evening a young samurai walked
from 荒町 Aramachi town down the road toward 真福寺 the Temple Shinpuku-Ji,
where he met a beautiful woman near the Temple Gate.
The woman said: "I am a poor concubine and will be killed tonight Please help me!"
The Samurai promised to help her and then went back to his home by the riverside.
At midnight he heard a scream from the river "Help me, help me!"
And soon after, the head of a woman came flying to the home of the Samurai.

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Shikatebukuro Fudo

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Shikatebukuro Fudo Do 鹿手袋不動堂 Shikatebukuro Fudo Hall, Shikatebukuro

さいたま市南区鹿手袋6-5-10 / Saitama city, Minami ward, Shikatebukuro
The small hall is now in the compound of 寳泉寺 Temple Hosen-Ji since 1942.
さいたま市南区鹿手袋 6-6-15
The main statue of Hosen-Ji is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

The small Fudo Myo-O statue is located in a black miniatur Shrine.

The date of the founding is not clear.
Not much is known about this temple.

Graves in the compound

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. Bushu Adachi 100 Fudo Temples Pilgrimage 武州足立百不動尊霊場 .

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This Temple is Nr. 67 of the
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Shoboji Kannon Fujiwara

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Shoobooji 聖寶寺 / 聖宝寺 Shobo-Ji, Fujiwara
鳴谷山 Meikokuzan, 聖宝寺 Shoboji

三重県いなべ市藤原町坂本981 / Inabe city, Fujiwara town, Sakamoto

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

The temple was founded in 807 by Saicho.
Meikokuzan Shōbō-ji is a Zen temple which enshrines Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) as its main statue.
Even though it currently belongs to Rinzai sect 妙心寺 Myōshin-ji branch of Zen Buddhism,
it was constructed by a founder of Tendai school of Buddhism Saichō (767-822) in 807.
Unfortunately in the second half of the 16th Century, during the march of Oda Nobunaga troops
led by 滝川一益 Takigawa Kazumasu (1525 - 1586), many shrines and temples in Inabe district
were set on fire and lost most of its buildings.
Shōbō-ji was no different. After set on fire in February 1580,
the temple founded by Saichō had lost its 1000 years history.
In the 17th Century an era of 250 years of peace and stability had begun.
This is also when Rinzai school Zen master 愚堂国師 Gudō Kokushi (1577 – 1661) rebuilt Shōbō-ji.
Its history as a Zen temple started in 1658 and continues as such to this day.
One more place worth seeing when visiting Shōbō-ji temple is its garden.
Originally it was created in Heian period (794-1192) and miraculously
most of it was saved to this day in its original shape.
By visiting the temple’s garden it is possible to experience the elegant design and taste of long lost antiquity.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera_list_en/syoboji...

. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822).

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This temple is Nr. 29 of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .

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Shogenji Yakushi Tosu

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Shoogenji 昌元寺 Shogen-Ji, Tosu
光林山 Korinzan 昌元寺 Shogenji

佐賀県鳥栖市田代上町206 / Saga, Tosu city, Tashirokan town

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The Hall for Yakushi Nyorai.

- The altar of the main hall

The date of the founding is not clear.

A group of 六地蔵 Six Jizo Bosatsu statues in the compound.

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This temple is Nr. 48 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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Seiryuji Yakushi Miyaura

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Seiryuuji 青龍寺 Seiryu-Ji, Miyaura
松巌山 Shogonzan 青龍寺 Seiryuji

佐賀県三養基郡基山町宮浦191 / Saga, Miyaki district, Kiyama town, Miyaura

The Yakushi statue is 久遠実成無作本仏 クオンジツジョウムサノホンブツ Kuonjitsujou Sano Honbutsu
The main statue is 千手観音 Senju Kannon.

The temple was founded around 1634 by 豪瞬阿闍梨 Priest Goshun Ajari.
It was built on request of the Lord of Nabeshima Han, 勝茂 Katsushige,
on the kimon 鬼門 Demon Gate side of 佐賀城 the Saga Castle,
in the hamlet 神埼郡岩田の庄 Iwata no Sho at 神埼郡 Kanzaki district.
In the Edo period, it was also used as 佐賀城鬼門除け鎮城祈祷所
a prayer place for the safety of the castle.
In the late Meiji period (1868 - 1912) 浄光和尚 Priest Joko saw 千手観世音菩薩 a Kannon with 1000 arms in his dream,
and decided to relocate the temple to 基肄山 the area of Mount Kiiyama.
Near Mount Kiiyama is Fudo no Taki 不動の滝 a waterfall for Fudo Myo-O with a large stone statue of Fudo Myo-O.
Nearby is oku no in 奥の院 a hall for the mountain priests.
Every month on the 25th day there is 不動秘密護摩供 a special fire ritual for Fudo Myo-O.
In front of the temple gate is the 長崎街道 Nagasaki Kaido Highway.

. kimon 鬼門の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Gate Legends .
. Nagasaki Kaido 長崎街道 Nagasaki Highway .

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Kii Castle (基肄城, Kii-jo) was a castle structure between Miyaki District, Saga and Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kii Castle has been designated a site of special national significance.
Kii castle was built by the Yamato court.
Following the defeat of Yamato Japan in the 663 Battle of 白村江 Hakusukinoe
by an alliance of Tang China and the Korean kingdom of Silla,
Emperor Tenji ordered the construction of defenses against a possible invasion.
Kii Castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017.
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This temple is Nr. 46 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
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Sotokuji Kannon Futao

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Sootokuji 宗徳寺 Sotoku-Ji, Futao
清涼山 Seiryozan 宗徳寺 Sotokuji

亀山市両尾町208 /Kameyama city, Futao town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon with eleven heads.

- Chant of the temple
Deep valley of Uchiyama is as deep as Goddess Kannon’s mercy and willingness
to grant the wishes of people who come to pray.

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The statue of Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) worshiped in Sōtoku-ji was made around 1100 years ago,
during the reign of 醍醐天皇 Emperor Daigo (885-930).
It was enshrined in a Kannon Hall which stood 100m (328ft) in the south-east direction from the current temple.
A river which flows there to this day – Daimongawa (Big Gate River) suggests
that a big gate was also standing in front of the Hall.
The Kannon Hall was moved to its current place in 1609, into precinct of this temple,
which at the time hold a different name 内山連蔵院 Naizan Renzō-in.
In 1992 all buildings where repaired and reroofed thanks to the support of many devoted believers.
In the close distance from Sōtoku-ji stands 金比羅堂 Konpira Hall devoted to
the God Konpira (guardian deity for seafarers, navigation, fishing, and water for agriculture).
Sōtoku-ji stands on higher ground from which the whole district of Futao can be seen.
The Three-Storied Stone Pagoda stands in the middle of the hill at the back of the complex
and is surrounded by trees. Pagoda is 2.29m (7ft6.1in) high, made from granite and consists of 6 carved stones.
The base is in the shape of a square, on which three stones
making the main part of the pagoda are standing on top of each other.
At top stands a finial. Unfortunately it has broken, but there rest of the pagoda is in good shape.
Half of the base stone is buried in the ground.
The first stone from the bottom is a 55cm (21.6in) high cuboid with reliefs depicting Buddhist figures on four sides.
Unfortunately being exposed to wind and rain for centuries, the reliefs eroded
and it is impossible to determine which Buddhas were originally carved in the stone.
Judging by the shape and other characteristics of this pagoda,
it is safe to assume that it was made around 800 years ago at the beginning of Kamakura period (1192-1333).
There is no way to tell who made it and why.
Was it placed here from beginning or was it brought from some other place?
Nevertheless it is a rare example of monument from 12th – 13th Century rarely found in Japan.
It is also an important proof of the Buddhist culture of the Kameyama area.
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This temple is Nr. 22 of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .

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Saizoji Fudo Uchiya

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Saizooji 西蔵寺 Saizo-Ji, Place
明王山 Myo-O-zan 西蔵寺 Saizoji

さいたま市南区内谷4-2 / Saitama, Saitama city, Minami ward, Uchiya

現内谷不動堂 Now at the Uchiya Fudo-Hall.
The date of the founding is not clear.
In the Edo period 不動明王 Fudo was the main statue.
During the Meiji Restauration, the temple was abolished
and all the graves removed to 一乗院 Temple Ichijo-In.
Now there is only 不動堂 the Fudo Hall.

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This Temple is Nr. 47 of the
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Shinpukuji Fudo Sasame

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Shinpukuji 真福寺 Shipuku-Ji, Sasame
薬王山 Yakuozan 真福寺 Shinpukuji

埼玉県戸田市笹目1-12-1 / Saitama, Toda city, Sasame

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
A wooden statue of 木造不動明王立像 a standing Fudo Myo-O is also in the temple.
A wooden statue of 木造阿弥陀如来座像 a seated Amida Nyorai is in the temple.
A wooden statue of 木造聖観音立像 a standing Kannon Bosatsu is in the temple.

The date of the founding is not clear.
It was related to the nearby 谷口稲荷 Taniguchi Inari Shrine.
In 1871, the temple was abandoned, but later rebuilt again.

谷口稲荷 Taniguchi Inari Shrine

It was the protector Shrine of 惣右衛門村 Sooemon village.

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This Temple is Nr. 43 of the
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Shinjoin Fudo Ishigami

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Shinjooin 真乗院 Shinjo-In, Ishigami
長久山 Chokyuzan 真福寺 Shinpuku-Ji 真乗院 Shinjoin

川口市石神1253 / Kawaguchi city, Ishigami

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.
The date of the founding is not clear.
In 1628, 尊雄 priest Takao revived it.
When 徳川吉宗 Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune was on his way to Nikko in 1728,
he used the temple as a resting place.
. Tokugawa Yoshimune　徳川吉宗将軍 . - (1684 - 1751)

The コウヤマキ Koyamaki tree (Sciadopitys verticillata) "Japanese umbrella-pine" is more than 800 years old
and now 天然記念物 a natural monument.
It is about 18 m high and 4 m in circumference.

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Temples . - Nr. 56
. 足立坂東三十三ヶ所霊場 Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Temples . - Nr. 30

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This Temple is Nr. 25 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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Saikoin Fudo Totsuka

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Saikooin 西光院 Saiko-In, Totsuka
青龍山 Seiryozan 西光院 Saikoin 傳福寺 Denpuku-Ji

埼玉県川口市戸塚2-6-29 / Saitama, Kawaguchi city, Totsuka

The temple was founded in 1573 by Saint 叡雅上人.
He was on a pilgrimage and rested below oosugi 大杉 a big pine tree.
He felt the power of the area and built a small hut to stay there.
He took the name of 杉本坊 Priest Sugimoto.
In 1593 he came here again and put a statue of 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O in the main hall.
In 1624, 長雅上人 Saint Nagamasa built 薬師堂 a hall for Yakushi Nyorai.

In the compound is 西光院閻魔像 a statue of Enma, the King of Hell.

In the compound is a statue of Pokkuri Yakushi ぽっくり薬師 Yakushi to help with a sudden death.

In the compound is a hall for 弁財天堂 Benten.

The temple is on the pilgrimage for Kawaguchi Shichifukujin 川口七福神 the Seven Gods of Good Luck.
Around the hall are seven stone markers representing the Seven Gods.

A stone marker for things not allowed to come in :
「狐狸妖怪不許入山門」 foxes, tanuki badgers, monsters

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Temples . - Nr. 51

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This Temple is Nr. 22 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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