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2022/04/02

Mefu Shrine Izumo

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Mefu Jinja 賣布神社 / 売布神社 Shrine Mefu Jinja, Wadami
Mefu no Yashiro 賣布社」（めふのやしろ)
Mefu no Kami Yashiro 賣布神社」（めふのかみやしろ）

島根県松江市和多見町81 / Shimane, Matsue city, Wadami town

The Deity in residence is 速秋津比売神 Hayaakitsuhime no kami
五十猛命 Isonotakeru / 大屋津姫命 / 抓津姫命 Oyatsuhime no Kami

The Shrine was located at Oo no Iriumi 意宇入海（宍道湖）西岸 at the West Side of Lake Shinjiko.
In the 13th century, it was moved to its present location.

The Deities are known as
橋姫大明神 Hashihime Daimyojin 櫛八玉神（くしやたまのかみ） Kushiyatama no Kami and
白潟大明神 Shirakata Daimyojin
The deities are venerated as protectors of the tide.
Oo no Iri-Umi 意宇の入海（おうのいりうみ）

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Matsue is home to many old and important shrines.
Among them, Mefu Shrine can be easily accessed on foot from Matsue Station.
Mefu Shrine is located northwest of the station, just south of the Ohashi River.
Believed to have been first constructed over 1000 years ago and worshipped by sailors for safety at sea,
this shrine is home to impressive giant trees and has beautifully carved dragon figures on its walls.
- source : visit-matsue.com/discover/city ... -
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Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are kami (god) in Japanese Methodology (shinto).
The kanji used for Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are 速秋津比古神 and 速秋津比売神, respectively, in Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters);
速秋津日命 (Hayaakitsuhinomikoto) in Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan).
In the Kojiki, it is stated that Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are also known as Minato no kami.
Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are a god and goddess pair who were born between Izanagi and Izanami in the section of kamiumi (bearing gods between Izanagi and Izanami) in the Japanese Methodology. Minato no kami is a collective term for them.
According to the volume 6 of an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihonshoki, 'gods at the water gates are called Hayaakitsuhinomikoto.' ... Minato no kami means god of sea port.
Since port was constructed at the mouth of a river in ancient times, Minato no kami is also god for a river mouth.
From the image of running impurities in a river, Minato no kami is also regarded as a god for warding off evil fortune.
'Haya' in the names of Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime implies the speed of the water in the river or the current in the ocean.
Also, the names of the god and goddess are considered to have originated from the fact that the use of the river mouth depends on the speed of the current.
On the other hand, 'akitsu' in the names of the god and goddess is thought to mean that misogi (purification ceremony) purifies things quickly and clearly. ...
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- - - Shrines in the compound
和田津見神社 Wadatsumi Jinja
金刀羅神社 Kotohira Jinja
船霊神社 Funadama Jinja
恵美須神社 Ebisu Jinja
道祖神社 Doso Jinja
白潟地主荒神 Shirakata Jinushi Aragami
常光神社 Joko Jinja
大松荒神 Daimatsu Aragami

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1月8日潮会祭 - Tide Festival
7月12日船御幸神事 - Great Boat Festival
10月9日焼火神事 - Takuhi Shinji Fire Festival
10月10日例祭、御饗祭（鱸祭） - Main Autumn Festival
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This Shrine is Nr. 06 of the
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2022/04/01

Yakushi Kyushu Pilgrimage

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Kyushu 49 Yakushi Reijo 九州四十九薬師霊場
Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu

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

- Nagasaki 長崎県

. 33 長寿山龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji - 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha .
. 34 平山山平仙寺 Heisen-Ji - 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O .
. 35 針尾山祇園寺 Gion-Ji - 如意輪観音 Nyoirin Kannon .
. 36 城持山薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji .

- Saga 佐賀県

. 37 三間山東光寺 Toko-Ji .
. 38 日輪山水堂安福寺 Mizudo Anpukuji - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
. 39 国祐山妙法院 Myoho-In - 蔵王権現 Zao Gongen
. 40 天鼓山来雲寺 Raiun-Ji - 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon
. 41 芙蓉山医王寺 - Yakuo-Ji
. 42 妙台山見明寺 Kenmyo-Ji
. 43 広厳山常福禅寺 Jofukuzen-Ji
. 44 恵日山寳琳院 / 宝琳院 Horin-In - 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon
. 45 竹林山持光寺 Jiko-Ji - 千手観音 Senju Kannon
. 46 松巌山青龍寺 Seiryu-Ji - 千手観音 Senju Kannon

- Fukuoka 福岡県

. 47 柳坂山永勝寺 Eisho-Ji

- Saga 佐賀県

. 48 光林山昌元寺 Shogen-Ji - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
. 49 小松山大興善寺 Daikozen-Ji - 十一面観音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon

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2022/03/30

Ennoji Kannon Yoshida

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Ennooji 圓應寺 Enno-Ji, Yoshida
海照山　Kaishozan 圓應寺 / 円応寺 Ennoji

横浜市港北区新吉田町4098 / Yokohama city, Kohoku ward, Shin-Yoshida

The Kannon statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Senju Kannon.

The date of the founding is not clear.
The statue of Senju Kannon is said to be a present of 聖徳太子 Prince Shotoku Taishi.
In 1647, the temple was renovated by 盛秀 Morihide, who died in 1647.
The Shrine 辨天社 Benten Sha is located in 吉田村 Yoshida village.
. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .

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火渡り修行 Hiwatari - Walking through fire
October 13
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This temple is Nr. 13 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi 子年（ねずみどし） refers to the year of the rat, 鼠 nezumi.

. 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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2022/03/28

Ogamiyama Shrine Izumo

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Ogamiyama Jinja 大神山神社 Shrine Ogamiyama, Oyama
Oku no Miya 奥宮

鳥取県西伯郡大山町大山 / Tottori, Saihaku district, Oyama town

The Deities in residence are
Onamuchi no Kami 大己貴神（おおなむちのかみ)
Onamuji no Kami大穴牟遅神（おおなむぢのかみ）
This are names of the Deity Okuninushi no Kami、大国主神, when he was still young.
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The history of Ōgamiyama Shrine dates back to the ancient cult of Ōgaminotake, a former name of Mt Daisen.
Originally called the Great Chimyo Gongen Shrine, this shrine was given its current name when Buddhism and Shinto were forced to separate during the Meiji Restoration.
The inner hillside temple was divided from the main shrine at the foot of the mountain. The main building, moved here during the Edo Period, is a popular place to pray for family safety and success in endeavors.
A complete parking area is available, with carp swimming in the nearby moat.
The shrine is accessible via a 700-metre-long path made of natural stones and is one of Japan’s foremost gongen-style shrines.
Inside the building you will be surrounded by some of the country’s loveliest sandalwood painted murals and sculptures.
Ōgamiyama Shrine is also the location of the first festival of spring, called the Shunki Taisai, and later
the Natsuyama Biraki festival heralding the arrival of summer.
The formerly commonplace Mohitori Shinji is also preserved as an annual event,
and the autumn Shuuki Taisai bring crowds of merrymakers every year.
- source : tottori-tour.jp .. -

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Ogamiyama shrine boasts three "the best in Japan" features.
1. The longest stone-flagged approach to the shrine (700 meters).
2. The shrine is the largest gongen-zukuri in Japan, and designated as important cultural properties.
3. The lacquered sandalwood is the largest in Japan. There is also the biggest mikoshi (portable shrine) in western Japan.

Mt. Daisen was a training area for shugendo.
The monks needed a place to pray. Izumo fudoki (ancient records of the culture and geography of provinces of Japan) and Engishiki (a 927 AD Japanese book of laws and regulations) says that it was the beginning of Ogamiyama shrine, but details are unknown.
Ogamiyama shrine and Temple Daisenji had flourished, and more than 100 temples and 3,000 armed priests used to be under the control of the temple and shrine at the height of its prosperity.
- source : houki-town.jp ...

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the first festival of spring, called the 春季大祭　Shunki Taisai, and later
the Natsuyama Biraki festival heralding the arrival of summer.
The formerly commonplace Mohitori Shinji is also preserved as an annual event,
The autumn Shuki Taisai bring crowds of merrymakers every year.

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Mohitori shinji　神水汲取神事　
"Taking the water offered to the kami rite."
A rite held July 15 at the inner sanctuary (okumiya) of Ōkamiyama Shrine in Daisen Town, Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture.
A mohi is an earthenware container of ancient times that was used to serve water.
The purpose of this rite is to present the water that is offered to the kami (shinsui, or "kami water," but read in this case as mohi).
The ceremonies begin at 2 a.m. at the inner sanctuary. The mohi bearer climbs up to the pond at the top of Mt. Daisen carrying a water barrel filled with sake to be offered to the kami (miki).
The bearer pours the miki into the pond at sunrise, draws water to replace it and also picks some mugwort before descending to the inner sanctuary.
These are offered to the kami and the bearer gives a report on the mission in the form of an incantation (norito) to the chief priest (gūji).
When this is over, the now-sacralized water (mohi) and the mugwort are distributed to the worshippers.
They are believed to be efficacious for all kinds of illness and a great tumult results as the worshippers try to get their hands on the offerings.
In ancient times, this day used to mark the opening of Mt. Daisen. Many people are said to have joined the bearer in climbing the mountain.
The enshrined deity (saijin), Ōnamuchi-no-mikoto, is said to have offered prayers in this area for the country's good management, and this rite likewise is said to have gotten its start from as long ago as that time.　
- source : d-museum.kokugakuin　... Mogi Sakae -

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This Shrine is Nr. 09 of the
. Izumo no Kuni Shinbutsu Pilgrimage 出雲國神仏霊場編 .

. Izumo taisha 出雲大社 Izumo Grand Shrine .
and Okuni-Nushi no Mikoto 大国主命 Okuninushi no Mikoto

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2022/03/26

Kanjoin Kannon Okurayama

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Kanjoin 歓成院 Kanjo-In, Okurayama
妙智山 Myochizan 歓成院 Kanjoin 法華寺 Hokkei-Ji

神奈川県横浜市港北区大倉山2-8-7 / Yokohama, Kohoku ward, Okurayama

The Kannon statue is 十一面觀世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon.
A statue of Kannon in the compound:

The temple was founded around 1565 by 善通法印 Priest Zentsu Hoin.
There were about 16 smaller temples in the compound.
In 1897, the main hall was greatly repaired.

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Togoku Henro Pilgrimage　東国八十八ヵ所霊場 - Nr. 23 .

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This temple is Nr. 12 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi 子年（ねずみどし） refers to the year of the rat, 鼠 nezumi.

. 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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2022/03/25

Gesshoji Izumo Matsue

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Gesshooji 月照寺 Gessho-Ji, Matsue
歓喜山 Kankizan 月照寺 Gesshoji

島根県松江市外中原町179 / Shimane, Matsue city, Sotonakabara

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

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Gesshoji Temple, the ‘Temple of Moonlight’,
is the family temple of the Matsudaira clan, the feudal lords of the Matsue domain during the Edo period.
Inside the temple precincts, being designated a national historical site, are many relics and artifacts such as
‘Karamon’ (Chinese-style gate),

a large turtle sculpture featured in the writings of Lafcadio Hearn and
a tea room that was used by Matsudaira Fumai himself.
Gesshoji temple is popular among people as the temple of history and faith.
During mid-June to mid-July, beautiful hydrangeas bloom inside the temple.
Many people come to enjoy the flowers in the quiet serene historical atmosphere.
- source : kankou-shimane.com/en ...

In the compound is a tea house called 大円庵（だいえんあん) Daien-An.
And a well for tea ceremony water 茶の湯の水.

山陰のあじさい寺 The Ajisai Hydrangea Temple of the San-In region

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. Matsudaira Fumai 松平不昧 and the Matsue Tea Ceremony .
Matsudaira Harusato 松平治郷 (1751-1818)

. Lafcadio Hearn, Koizumi Yakumo 小泉八雲 .

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This temple is Nr. 05 of the
. Izumo no Kuni Shinbutsu Pilgrimage 出雲國神仏霊場編 .

. Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 .

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2022/03/24

Keiunji Kannon Honcho

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Keiunji 慶運寺 Keiun-Ji, Honcho
吉祥山 Kichijozan 芳艸院 Hoso-In 慶運寺 Keiunji
Urashima Temple

神奈川県横浜市神奈川区神奈川本町18-2 / 18-2 Kanagawa Honcho, Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama

The Kannon statue is 浦島観世音菩薩 Urashima Sho Kannon.

The temple is famous for its relation to Urashima Taro.
. Urashima Taro 浦島太郎 .
A Japanese legend about a fisherman who rescues a turtle and is rewarded for this with a visit to Ryūgū-jō, the palace of Ryūjin, the Dragon God, under the sea. He stays there for three days and, upon his return to his village, finds himself 300 years in the future.

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Taro Urashima was in Kanagawa!?
A person named Taro Urashima of Mizue lived in Miura no Sato, Sagami Country.
Taro has been to Tango for a long time for work. When Taro, the child, went out to the sea all day and returned home, he helped a turtle bullied by children on the beach. Taro went to "Ryugu Castle" with a helping turtle and received the hospitality of Otohime. The passing of the moon is a dream, and three years have passed.
When he told his spare time in love with his parents, Otohime spared his farewell and gave Taro a Tamate box and a statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva.
Taro, who stepped on his hometown, had nothing to see and hear. Finally, when he opened this box, white smoke came out from inside and he became an old man with white hair.
He thought it was three years, in fact, 300 years, and when Iheheard that his parents were already buried in the peak of Shirahata, Musashi, not in this world, the two tombstones were lined up lonely.
Taro tied the hermitage beside the tomb and laid a statue of the Bodhisattva, mourning his parents' bodhi, but this hermitage was later called Kanfukuju-ji Temple, and was commonly called "Urashihara". Kanju-ji Temple was abandoned in 1872, and now a statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva is enshrined at Keiun-ji Temple. In addition, there is a memorial tower for Urashima Tayu and Taro father and son and a monument to Kamezuka at Renhoji Temple in Urashimaoka.
In addition, the river that flowed along the border between Nanashima and Oguchi-dori is a river where Taro Urashima washed his feet, so there is a monument to the Ashiarai River at Oguchi-dori, and a well where Taro washed his feet at 1-chome Koyasu-dori.
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This temple is Nr. 09 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi 子年（ねずみどし） refers to the year of the rat, 鼠 nezumi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩

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2022/03/23

Sada Jinja Kashima

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Sada Jinja 佐太神社 Shrine Sada Jinja, Matsue
佐太御子社 Sada Miko Sha

島根県松江市鹿島町佐陀宮内73 / Kashimacho Sadamiyauchi, Matsue, Shimane

Deity in residence is Sada-no-okami, said to be Sarutahiko
. Sarutahiko no Kami 猿田毘古神 / 猿田彦 .

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Izumo Taisha is famous for hosting 8 million gods from around Japan for their annual meeting during Kamiarizuki, but for every big conference there’s always a lot of spillover into the surrounding hotels. Actually, some records indicate that the gods may have been gathering at Sada Shrine before gathering at Izumo Taisha!
While the gods are absent from the rest of Japan and hanging out here in the Izumo region, they discuss romantically (or platonically) thrilling En-musubi, but when they gather at Sada Shrine in northwest Matsue, it’s for a purification ritual to ward off bad luck. It’s also as though they’re stopping by to visit the final resting of their mother, seeing as Izanami‘s tomb is located nearby on 比婆山 Mt. Hiba.
Speaking of Izanami, she’s one of the 12 kami enshrined here. It’s not uncommon for shrines to be dedicated to more than one kami, but it’s uncommon for them to have three honden (main hall which house the deities, normal people are not allowed in here!). While this shrine was likely originally designed with one honden, the north and south shrines were added later on to accomodate more gods, likely by the end of the Heian era roughly eight centuries ago. While Izanami and Izanagi are in the central shrine with Sada-no-Okami, the bickering siblings Amaterasu and Susano-o are seperated in the north and south honden respectively.
The current shrine architecture has been around since 1807, and have since been deemed Important Cultural Property. Like Izumo Taisha, it’s built in Taisha-tsukuri style architecture. While Izumo Taisha is the typical example, there are variations on the layouts of these kinds of shrines, and many of them (such as Kamosu Shrine, another Izanami shrine) have been quite famous and/or influential throughout history. Like shrines throughout Japan, they may have auxiliary shrines dedicated to other gods throughout the premises, and worshipers are typically not allowed to enter center parts of the shrines without permission, a good reason, paying money, or some combination of the three. Instead, you leave your offerings in the designated spaces, clap your hands, and then don’t get in the deities’ personal space.
As for that personal space, what’s there? It varies according to each shrine, but quite often there is a holy object. As opposed to idols signifing the physical appearance of the kami, one of the oldest items still used today is but a simple, circular mirror. At some shrines, such as Iya Shrine, these are in plain site from where you make your offerings. As for Sada, it happens to be home to Saiehiogi, one of the oldest paintings on a fan screen in existence.
Since the honden is a dwelling place for the gods and Sada welcomes millions of them, the floors must be kept clean. Hence, there is a ceremonious changing on the tatami mats every year. And by ceremonious, there are song and dance known as Sada Shin-Noh, better introduced by way of a video. This is UNESCO intangible world heritage, a Noh-like performance that has a strong influence on the more sprightly performances of Kagura dance.
Performances are broken up over two nights, the first being more subdued...
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Along with Izumo Taisha and Kumano Taisha, Sada Shrine is one of the main shrines in Shimane. The gods that are enshrined here keep a watchful eye over the local area, and protect it from misfortune.
It is said that from the time when the spirit of Izanami was brought here from Mt. Hiba, the gods have been coming here in the 10th month of the lunar calendar (the same time they descend on Izumo Taisha), to meet Izanami, the “mother” of the gods.
The shrine holds festivals and various rituals to welcome the gods here, and is well known around the country as being one of the places that hosts the myriad of gods.
The main god of the shrine, Sada-no-okami, is said to be Sarutahiko, the god who was worshipped as the god of the sun before the birth of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
It is said that Sarutahiko lived in the world Ame-no-yachimata which is located between the celestial plains and the earth. As such, he was considered the guiding light between heaven and earth. It is said that he was a large god, standing at over 10 metres with shining red eyes and a long nose.
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直会祭（なおらいさい）Naorai Sai 5/3
直会殿の神事が中心。盃の神事、猿田三番舞、獅子舞など

御座替（ござかえ）神事　Goza Kae Shinji 9/24
摂末社より南殿、北殿、正殿と御神座を取り替える神事。
古来秘儀、重儀とされてきた採物舞七座神事を行います。

例祭 Main Festival - 9/25
元は御座替神事とひとつづきであった祭りで、夜七時より佐陀神能 Sada Shin No を法楽として演舞する祝賀の祭りです。

神在祭（じんざいさい） Jinzai Sai 　11/20夜～11/25夜
八百万神が集う祭事。神迎え、注連口、神等去出、船出、止神送り、柴刺などの神事があります。

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This temple is Nr. 04 of the
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2022/03/22

Sokoji Kannon Kogaya

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Sookoji 宗興寺 Soko-Ji, Kogaya
開塔山　日輪院 Nichirin-In　宗興寺 Sokoji

神奈川県横浜市神奈川区幸ヶ谷10-6 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Kanagawa ward, Kogaya

The Kannon statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.
There is a Kannon statue in the garden:

The temple was founded around 1440, when a Priest from Temple 神奈川宿開塔山宗興寺 built 八丈島宗福寺 the Temple Sofukuji in Hachijojima Island.
It was founded by 随翁永順 Priest Zuio, who died in 1612.
When it was moved to Yokohama, Mister Hepburn (1815 - 1911) translated the name to alphabet letters and probably made a mistake there.

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When you go down the slope beside Kogaya Elementary School from Kogaya Park, you will come to Sokoji Temple, which is located at the foot of Mt. Gongen in Kanagawa Station Nakazukai.
At the time of the opening of the port, an American missionary and doctor, Dr. Hepburn, was opening a treatment center here. A monument is set up on the grounds to commemorate this.
Dr. Hepburn was well-known for his "Hepburn Roman" and completed the first Japanese-English dictionary in Japan and translated the Bible.
Later, he founded Meiji Gakuin and was dedicated to education in Japan.　
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James Curtis Hepburn (1815 - 1911)

an American physician, translator, educator, and lay Christian missionary.
He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet, which he popularized in his Japanese–English dictionary.
- Missionary work in Japan
In 1859, Hepburn went to Japan as a medical missionary with the American Presbyterian Mission.
After first arriving in Nagasaki in October 1859, Hepburn swiftly relocated to the newly opened treaty port of Yokohama, opening his first clinic in April 1861 at the Sokoji Temple.
Initially residing at Jobutsuji in Kanagawa, a dilapidated temple formerly occupied by the Dutch consulate, Hepburn was the first Christian missionary to take up residence close to the newly opened treaty port.
Hepburn's family shared accommodation at Jobutsuji with Dutch Reformed minister Rev. Samuel Robbins Brown and all were quickly absorbed into the local foreign community, Hepburn being appointed honorary physician to the US Consul, Townsend Harris.
Hepburn's first clinic failed as the Bakumatsu authorities, wanting the missionaries to relocate to Yokohama, put pressure on patients to stop going to it.
In the spring of 1862 Hepburn and his family relocated to the house and compound at Kyoryuchi No. 39, in the heart of the foreigners residential district in the treaty port of Yokohama.
There, in addition to his clinic, he and his wife Clara founded the Hepburn School, which eventually developed into Meiji Gakuin University.
Hepburn's Japanese pupils included Furuya Sakuzaemon, Takahashi Korekiyo, and Numa Morikazu (沼間守一).
For his medical contributions to the city of Yokohama, Hepburn Hall was named in his honor on the campus of Yokohama City University School of Medicine.
In May 1867, with the collaboration of his long-time assistant Kishida Ginkō, Hepburn published a Japanese–English dictionary which rapidly became the standard reference work for prospective students of Japanese. In the dictionary's third edition, published in 1886, Hepburn adopted a new system for romanization of the Japanese language developed by the Society for the Romanization of the Japanese Alphabet (Rōmajikai). This system is widely known as the Hepburn romanization because Hepburn's dictionary popularized it.
Hepburn also contributed to the translation of the Bible into Japanese.
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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. 横浜三十三観世音霊場 Yokohama 33 Kannon Pilgrimage . - Nr. 15

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This temple is Nr. 08 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi 子年（ねずみどし） refers to the year of the rat, 鼠 nezumi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩
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2022/03/21

Ichibataji Izumo Kozakai

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Ichibataji 一畑寺 Ichibata-Ji, Kozakai
医王山 Yakuozan 一畑寺 Ichibataji

島根県出雲市小境町 / Shimane, Izumo city, Kozakai town

The main statue is 一畑薬師 Ichibata Yakushi.
me no Yakushi 目の薬師 Yakushi healing eye diseases
Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai 薬師瑠璃光如

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Ichibata Yakushi Temple Shimane
Equivalent of a Japanese "Lourdes" for people with eye problems
Founded in 894.
Ichibata Yakushi Temple, perched on a mountaintop in Shimane Prefecture is the equivalent of a Japanese "Lourdes" for those with any kind of eye complaint, with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims making their way there every year.
A local fisherman found the sculpture of Yakushi washed up on a local beach. The current along the Shimane coast comes from Korea, so this is the probable source of the statue.
He took it home and prayed fervently in front of it, and many miracles occurred, the most relevant being his blind mother had her sight restored.
The temple was built on the mountaintop overlooking the coast, with expansive views of it, as well as views of Lake Shinji in the other direction. Being on a mountaintop there are steps leading up to it, 640 in all, but a road and bus now goes all the way to the top and few people climb the stairs, except once a year when a race is held which draws distance runners from all over.
Ichibata Yakushi Temple was originally of the Tendai Sect of Buddhism, but then became Rinzai Zen, and though the temple still maintains its Rinzai lineage, it became a Kyodan (a religious corporation, or church) and operates outside the Buddhist hierarchy.
To facilitate the journey for the pilgrims a railway line was built, and there are the usual line of souvenir shops on the approach to the temple. They have also branched out to specialize in children, and also pets.
Another money-making scheme is a couple of rental cabins within the temple grounds, built on a bluff with wonderful views, that are available for a reasonable fee.
The Ichibata-ji Kaikan (Inn) is open from mid-March to mid-November and has tatami rooms and futon bedding.

As well as the views from the temple, 84,000 statues of Yakushi Nyorai, donated by pilgrims and supporters, are well worth a view, as are 108 stone lanterns, also donations. 108 is believed to be the number of evil passions.
The temple buildings at Ichibata Yakushi include the main hall (Hondo) which was rebuilt in 1890, a meditation hall or Zendo which has zazen sittings on Saturday evenings and the Hatto or study hall that dates from 1807.
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Ichibata Yakushi Stamp for 目 Eyes

Ichibata Yakushi Stamp

Ichibata Kannon Stamp

omamori　お守り amulets
It is not clear who this person is.

ema 絵馬 votive tablet

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage 中国観音霊場 - Nr. 26 .
. Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage 出雲三十三観音霊場 - Special Temple .

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This temple is Nr. 03 of the
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. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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2022/04/02

Mefu Shrine Izumo

2022/04/01

Yakushi Kyushu Pilgrimage

2022/03/30

Ennoji Kannon Yoshida

2022/03/28

Ogamiyama Shrine Izumo

2022/03/26

Kanjoin Kannon Okurayama

2022/03/25

Gesshoji Izumo Matsue

2022/03/24

Keiunji Kannon Honcho

2022/03/23

Sada Jinja Kashima

2022/03/22

Sokoji Kannon Kogaya

2022/03/21

Ichibataji Izumo Kozakai

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