Akaiwa Fudo

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Akaiwa Fudo 赤岩不動
赤岩山 Akaiwasan 地蔵院 Jizo-In 光恩寺 Koon-Ji
Aka-iwa, lit. "red rock"


群馬県邑楽郡千代田町赤岩1041 / Gunma Ora district Chiyoda town, Akaiwa village


The main hall has the statue of Fudo Myo-O as a hibutsu 秘仏 secret statue, which is only shown twice a year at New Year and Festivals in Spring and Autumn, with rituals of walking through fire.



The history of this temple is very old.
It is one of 9 special temples built on order of 雄略天皇 Emperor Yuryaku Tenno for his son 穴穂宮 Anaho no Miya（安康天皇 Anko Tenno）around 603.
It houses three special Busshari 仏舎利三粒 reliques of Shakyamuni Buddha.
In the year 625, priest 僧恵灌 Ekan, who had come from Korea, walked in many parts of Northern Japan to pray for the safety of the land at this temple.

In the year 814, 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi Kukai stayed here and carved a statue of Jizo Bosatsu, housed in the hall 地蔵院 Jizo-In. The name 赤岩山光恩寺 Akaiwa san Koon-Ji appeared in this time.






Statue of Fudo Myo-O in the temple compound



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- Homepage of the temple
- source : akaiwasan-kouonji...

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

関東91薬師霊場第40番札所 - Kanto 91 Yakushi Nyorai Temples - Nr. 40
関東108地蔵尊第21番札所 - Kanto 108 Jizo Bosatsu Temples - Nr. 21

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

1月28日 - 初不動 - January 28 first Fudo ritual
10月28日 - 秋季不動尊大祭 - Great Autumn Fudo Festival

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This temple is Nr. 11 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .


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was the 21st Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He is remembered as a patron of sericulture.
No firm dates can be assigned to this Emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 456 to 479.
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was the 20th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Emperor Ankō is the earliest generally agreed upon historical ruler of all or a part of Japan.
No firm dates can be assigned to this Emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 453 to 456.
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
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Kogane Migawari Fudo

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Koganei Migawari Fudo 黄金身代わり不動尊
清池山 Seichizan 医王寺 Io-Ji


太田市新田小金井町982 / Gunma, Ota city, Nitta Koganai town / Koganei

The temple was built in 1645 by priest 良伝 Ryoden.
The main building was lost in a fire in 1875 and all the records were lost.
The hall was rebuilt in 1877 and repaired in 2010.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

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The bronze statue of Fudo Myo-O 青銅造不動明王立像 if an important cultural property of Ota city.
It is 1,7 m high and kept in 不動堂 the Fudo Hall of the temple as a hibutsu 秘仏 secret statue.
It stands to the right side of Kannon Bosatsu.


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. Migawari Fudoo 身代わり不動尊 Fudo as Substitute .


In the Kannon Hall is a statue of 如意輪観音 Nyoirin Kannon venerated.
This is called 小金井観音 the Koganai Kannon and is Nr. 21 on
東上州三十三観音霊場 the Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples in East Joshu.
. source : shihousyoshi-office.jp... .

The temple is also Nr. 56 of the pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Joshu.
上州新四国八十八ヵ所　

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- Homepage reference of the temple
- source : omairi.club...


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This temple is Nr. 10 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


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. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .


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Kasakake Fudo

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Kasakake Fudo 笠懸不動
日輪山 Nichirinzan 観音院 Kannon-In 南光寺 Nanko-Ji


群馬県みどり市笠懸町阿左美 / 967 Kasakakecho Azami, Midori, Gunma

The name Kasakake refers to the geography, a plain named 笠懸野 Kasakakeno along the river 渡良瀬川 Watarasegawa in the form of a 扇状 fan.
Kasagake or Kasakake is a sort of Japanese mounted archery.
In contrast to 流鏑馬 yabusame, the types of targets are various and the archer shoots while riding past the target.

The temple was built in the Kamakura period. When 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi Kukai passed here, a statue of 白衣観音菩薩 Byakue Kannon in white robes made by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu was venerated here.
In 1335, 南の御方 Minami no Onkata (Taira no Tokiko) came to live here.

Other statues and treasures of the temple are
不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai
阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
白衣観音 Byakue Kannon
弁財天 Benzaiten / Benten
牛頭曼荼羅 Gozu Mandala
徳川家歴代将軍御朱印9通 9 letters from the Tokugawa Shoguns







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- Homepage of the temple
- source : nankouji.com...

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

元旦護摩 正月元旦
厄除護摩 1月4日
1月17日 初観音
1月21日 初弘法（毎月21日）
1月28日 初不動（毎月28日）Hatsu-Fudo first Fudo ritual
2月15日 涅槃会
3月21日 御影供
3月彼岸 春彼岸会
5月8日 花まつり
6月15日 青葉まつり
7月10日 観音四万六千日
8月13日 - 16日 盂蘭盆会供養
9月彼岸 秋彼岸会
12月8日 成道会
12月31日 除夜の鐘供養

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This temple is Nr. 8 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .


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

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みどり市 Midori city 笠懸町 Kasakake town

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake - legends .
A wealthy man named 赤堀の道元 Akahori no Dogen had a daughter of 16 years. She went to Mount Akagisan 赤城山, jumped into the swamp and became a huger serpent.
Her friend, who did not dare to go back home, also jumpee in and became kani カニ a crab. The water has been clear since then.
In rememberance of her death, the family goes to the swamp to pray and bring offerings of sekihan 赤飯 red ritual rice and sake 酒 rice wine in a juubako重箱 food box with many layers. The box usually sinks down to the bottom and later comes up, all empty.



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太田市 Ota city, 笠懸村 Kasakake village

In Kasakake village there lived a child with ill legs. When this child died, the parents had a special ritual with in 印 a mark for his burial.
Later another child was born with this mark, so it must have been a rebirth.

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Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

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坂東三十三観音 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples in Bando (Kanto)



坂東三十三観音巡り / 坂東三十三ヶ所 / 坂東三十三観音



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. 01 大蔵山 杉本寺 Sugimotodera, Kamakura .
02 海雲山 岩殿寺（岩殿観音）Ganden-Ji, Kanagawa - Iwadono Kannon
03 祇園山 安養院 田代寺（田代観音）Anyo-In, Tashiro-Ji, Kamakura - Tashiro Kannon
04 海光山 長谷寺（長谷観音）Hasedera, Kanagawa - Hase Kannon
05 飯泉山 勝福寺（飯泉観音）Shofuku-Ji, Kanagawa - Iizumi Kannon
06 飯上山 長谷寺（飯山観音）Hasedera, Kanagawa - Iiyama Kannon
07 金目山 光明寺（金目観音）Komyo-Ji, Kanagawa - Kaname Kannon
. 08 妙法山 星谷寺（星の谷観音）Shokoku-Ji, Kanagawa - Hoshinoya Kannon .
. 09 都幾山 慈光寺 Jiko-Ji, Saitama .

10 巌殿山 正法寺（岩殿観音) Shoho-Ji, Saitama - Iwadono Kannon
11 岩殿山 安楽寺（吉見観音）Anraku-Ji, Saitama - Yoshimi Kannon
12 華林山 慈恩寺（慈恩寺観音）Jion-Ji, Saitama - Jionji Kannon
. 13 金龍山 浅草寺（浅草観音）Senso-Ji, Asakusa, Tokyo - Asakusa Kannon .
. 14 瑞応山 弘明寺 Gumyo-Ji, Kanagawa Yokohama .
15 白岩山 長谷寺(白岩観音）Chokoku-Ji, Gunma - Shiraiwa Kannon
16 五徳山 水澤寺（水澤観音) Mizusawa-Ji, Gunma - Mizusawa Kannon
17 出流山 満願寺（出流観音）Mangan-Ji, Tochigi - Izuru Kannon
18 日光山 中禅寺（立木観音）Chuzen-Ji, Nikko, Tochigi - Tachiki Kannon
19 天開山 大谷寺（大谷観音）Oya-Ji, Tochigi - Oya Kannon

20 獨鈷山 西明寺（益子観音）Saimyo-Ji, Tochigi - Mashiko Kannon
21 八溝山 日輪寺（八溝山) Nichirin-Ji, Ibaraki - Yamizozan
22 妙福山 佐竹寺（北向観音）Satakedera, Ibaraki, Kitamuki Kannon
23 佐白山 正福寺 Shofuku-Ji, Tochigi, Kasama
24 雨引山 楽法寺（雨引観音) Rakuho-Ji, Tochigi, Amabiki Kannon
25 筑波山 大御堂 Omido Hall, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
26 南明山 清瀧寺 Kiyotaki-Ji, Ibaraki
27 飯沼山 円福寺（飯沼観音) Enpuku-Ji, Chiba - Iinuma Kannon
28 滑河山 龍正院（滑河観音）Ryusho-In, Chiba - Namegawa Kannon . 28 龍勝院 Ryusho-In, Katsuma .
29 海上山 千葉寺 Chiba-Ji, Chiba

30 平野山 高蔵寺（高倉観音) Takakura-J, Chiba - Takakura Kannon
. 31 大悲山 笠森寺（笠森観音）Kasamori-Ji, Chiba - Kasamori Kannon .
32 音羽山 清水寺（清水観音）Kiyomizudera, Chiba - Kiyomizu Kannon
. 33 補陀洛山 那古寺 Nagodera（那古観音） .





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. Kannon Pilgrimages to explore in Tokyo - Edo .

山の手三十三観音霊場 - Yamanote
東京三十三観音霊場 - Tokyo

. Edo 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples .
多摩川三十三観音霊場 - Tamagawa
山の手三十三観音霊場 - Yamanote

. Tokyo 東京三十三観音霊場 .
Nr. 1 - Kaianji 海晏寺 Temple Kaian-Ji

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Mikaeri Fudo Gunma

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Mikaeri Fudo みかえり不動 Fudo looking back
真光山 Shinkozan 永照院 Eisho-In 長安寺 Choan-Ji


群馬県伊勢崎市西小保方町304-1 / Gunma, Isesaki city, Nishiobokata town 304-1

- Chant of the temple
みかえりて つみとがはらう 威音王
佐波路にたかき みすくい


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後深草天皇正嘉元年の鎌倉大地震につづき、正元年中の全国の飢餓は、この佐波路の領民も、その外でなく多くの村民は瀕死の状況にありました。
亮海上人は釈迦牟尼世尊の霊告をうけ、亀山天皇文応元年（1260年）この地に草庵を結び、ひたすら本尊に村民の救済加護を祈願した処、たちまちに飢餓、病魔等を退散させることができたことから、長安寺のなさけ釈迦の名も今に口伝されています。
この亮海上人草庵建立の文応元年（1260年）を開山の年とし、爾来760年有余風雪に耐え、地域の心の依所として今日に輝かしい法燈をつたえています。
- source : mutsumi-hoikuen.or.jp . chouanji...




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- - - - - In the temple compound

mikaeri doo みかえり堂 Hall of the Mikaeri Fudo


People have a lot of problems not easily seen, but if you take a break and look back, you might feel remorse.
Copying the sutras might help find better ways for the future.



mimamori Jizo みまもり地蔵尊 protector Jizo



十三佛 Jusanbutsu
宝篋印塔 Hokyoin tower
延命地蔵尊 Enmei Jizo
鐘楼堂 temple bell tower
みまもり地蔵尊 mimanori Jizo
常行の滝 Jogyo no Taki waterfall － with a statue of Jibo Kannon 慈母観音－
鯉池 Koi ike carp pond

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- Other temples with this name in Japan :

. Mikaeri Fudo 見返り不動 Fudo looking back .
at temple 神照寺 Shinsho-Ji, Nagahama, Shiga
at temple 法乗院・深川ゑんま堂 Fukagawa Enma-Do, Tokyo

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omamori お守り amulets


- Homepage of the temple
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This temple is Nr. 7 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
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Muro Fudo

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Muro Fudo 茂呂不動
石岡山-Ishiokayama 不動院 Fudo-In 退魔寺 Taima-Ji


群馬県伊勢崎市美茂呂町 / 3612 Mimorocho, Isesaki, Gunma


In the year 1371, the lord of the castle 茂呂勘解由左衛門尉 Muro Kankaiyoshi Saemonnojo hat the temple 香華院 Kogei-In erected in the castle compound.
A statue of Fudo Myo-O carved by Kobo Daishi was enshrined.
From the temple 鶏足寺 Keisoku-Ji the Zen priest 道照禅師 Dosho Zenji was called to lead the rituals.
Later the temple was named Taima-Ji.

When 石田三成 Ishida Mitsunari passed 伊勢崎 Isesaki, there was a bridge (now 光円橋 Koenbashi), where a monster passed by every night and shocked the villagers. Mitsunari drove the monster away and the name of the temple was changed.
The crest of the temple is the same as that of Mitsunari.

In the year 1663, many buildings were lost during a fire, but reconstructed in 1670.
The large Fudo Hall was build in 1677.
The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
子安観音 Koyasu Kannon is also venerated.

The roof of the Fudo Hall was repaired in 1988.

The main gate of the temple has 扁額 a framed inscription, 「不動院」 Fudo-In.




. Keisokuji 鶏足寺 Keisoku-Ji "Temple of the chicken legs" .

. Ishida Mitsunari 石田三成 (1560 - 1600) .

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shuin 朱印 stamp - yakuyoke Fudo 厄除け不動



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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

初護摩 1月1日 Goma Fire Ritual January 1
初不動 1月28日 First Fudo Ritual January 28
春彼岸会 3月彼岸
春不動 3月28日 Spring Fudo Ritual March 28
花まつり 4月8日 Flower Festival April 8
水神宮の祭典 7月31日
お盆 8月13日から
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This temple is Nr. 6 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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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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omamori　お守り amulets

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- 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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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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Naritasan Fudo Takasaki

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Naritasan Fudo Son 成田山不動尊
光徳寺 Kotoku-Ji // 高崎成田山 Takasaki Narita San


高崎市成田町23 / Takasaki city, Naritacho 23

The temple was founded in 1583 in a compound of the temple 威徳寺 Itoku-Ji.



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高崎成田山太子堂 Takasaki Naritasan Taishi-Do Hall
Built by the craftsmen and artists of the area to venerate Shotoku Taishi a protector deity.


source : amanaimages.com/info...

. Prince Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .


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- Homepage of the temple
- source : n-koutokuji...


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This temple is Nr. 5 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

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The haiku poet 高浜虚子 Takahama Kyoshi has visited this temple and there is a haiku memorial stone in the compound.



. 高浜虚子 Takahama Kyoshi .
(1874 - 1959)


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Mama Kannon Komaki

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Mama Kannon 間々観音 龍音寺 Ryuon-Ji, Aichi
Mama Chichi Kannon 間々乳観音」（ままちちかんのん)
小牧山 Komakiyama
お乳のお寺 O-Chichi no O-Tera
おっぱい寺 Oppai Tera, Oppai-dera


愛知県小牧市間々本町１５２ / 152 Mama-honmachi, Komaki-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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Mama Kannon Temple, or Mama Chichi Kannon,
is known as the "Breast Temple" and one of the 33 Kannon Shrines of Owari, being built in 1492 with the formal name of Ryuon-Ji. Legend says it was a regular shrine until 1665, when a woman who was unable to breast feed brought her baby and prayed at the temple, miraculously starting to lactate.

Neighbors of the woman appearing in the legend were concerned that the milk she produced lacked in nutrients for her child, given that she was poor and malnourished. They gave her rice in order to help, but as she was a devout person, she offered the rice to the deity at the temple instead of consuming herself. It was then that she started to lactate plenty and richly. From that moment on, rumors spread and women from all places started to come and pray for safe birth giving, abundant lactation, healthy babies, and etc. Of course, some of the ladies would also pray for matters unrelated to maternity, like asking for changing the physical appearance of their bosoms.

On a less amusing note, the temple is the 24th Peregrination Temple (Fudasho) among the Kannon Temples of Owari and was originally built at the Mt. Komaki, allegedly being moved to its current location by orders of Oda Nobunaga. The deity of the temple is Senju Kannon Bosatsu, also known as the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, often depicted in statues with tens of arms to symbolize the infinite hands, and/or multiple faces meaning the eleven faces, both gifts from Amithaba.

The Sanmon gate at Mama Kannon
is said to be a structure entirely moved from Kenchuji Temple, the famous Memorial Temple of the Owari Tokugawa Clan, located in the Higashi-Ward of Nagoya-City.
- source : aichi-now.jp/en...


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