Fukiage Fudo Tochigi

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Fukiage Fudo 吹上不動
光明山 Komyozan 金智院 Kinchi-In 正仙寺 Seisen-Ji


栃木県栃木市吹上町1375 / Tochigi Fukiage town

The temple was founded aruond 1400 when the area was called 山城国 Yamashiro no Kuni.
The founder is 俊海 Shunkai, 醍醐山松橋無量寿院十一世俊海.
Shunkai is the younger brother of 藤原俊成 Fujiwara Toshinari (1114 - 1204).
He was an 阿闍梨 Ajari priest at the temple 醍醐寺 Daigo-Ji.

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弘法大師像 Statue of Kobo Daishi

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small bell in the compound

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- Reference of the temple
- source : hotokami.jp/area/tochigi...


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To the east of the temple are the remains of 吹上城 Fukiage Castle.


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This temple is Nr. 15 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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Migawari Fudo Tochigi

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Migawari Fudo 身代わり不動 Fudo as substitute
如意山 Nyoinzan 吉祥院 Kichijo-In 延命寺 Enmei-Ji


栃木県栃木市大平町西水代1864-1 / Gunma Tochigi city, Ohiramachi, Nishi-Mizushiro

Founded by 良弁上人 Saint Roben as a retreat along the river 永野川 Naganogawa aruond 730.
Later around 1276, priest 亮弁 Ryoben built a hall and placed a statue of 延命地蔵菩薩 Enmei Jizo in it.
In 1378 秀範上人 Saint x built 愛染堂 a hall for Aizen Myo-Oto venerate the dragon deity
清龍権現 Seiryu Gongen.
With the wish to provide riches and health to all people, the name Kichijo-In was then choosen.



. Kichijōten 吉祥天 Lakshmi .

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The main statue is
延命地蔵菩薩 Enmei Jizo Bosatsu for a long life

. Enmei Jizoo　延命地蔵 life-prolonging Jizo .

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shooroo mon 鐘楼門 Bell Tower Gate


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. Migawari Fudo 身代わり不動尊 Fudo as Substitute .
wagami no kawari ni　わが身の代わりに "instead of my own body"

. Priest 良弁僧正　Roben Sojo　(689 - 773) .

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This temple is Nr. 14 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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Shinjuku Fudo Gunma

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Shinjuku Fudo 新宿不動
高錀山 Takanawazan 釈迦院 Shaka-In 遍照寺 Henjo-Ji
高輪 Takanawa


群馬県館林市緑町 / Gunma, Tatebayashi city, Midori town

The temple was founded by the ancestor of the Nitta clan, 新田義重 Nitta Yoshishige in 明和村 Meiwa village, Gunma
and later relocated to its present place.



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In the compound is a bronze statue of 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.



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Minamoto no Yoshishige (源義重, 1135–1202)
was the progenitor of the Nitta branch family of the Minamoto samurai clan, who fought alongside the Minamoto in the Genpei War.
He is also known as Nitta Tarō and 新田義重 Nitta Yoshishige.
His father was Minamoto no Yoshikuni and his grandfather Minamoto no Yoshiie.
Yoshishige was posthumously awarded the title of Chinjufu-shōgun, or Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North, in 1611, four centuries after his death, by the second Tokugawa shōgun, Tokugawa Hidetada.
He ordained as a Buddhist monk and received the Dharma name Jōnichi (上西).
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This temple is Nr. 12 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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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 .


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Emperor Yūryaku (雄略天皇, Yūryaku-tennō)
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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Emperor Ankō (安康天皇, Ankō-tennō)
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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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.


source : mahorobakikou.ldblog.jp...


. 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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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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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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- 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 .


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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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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 - Introduction . .
. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru - ABC .

. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


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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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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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shuin 朱印 stamp

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
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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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
秋彼岸会 9月彼岸
施餓鬼 10月10日
除夜の鐘供養 12月31日 New Year Ritual December 31

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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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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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