Temple Spots in Tosan Area

  • Okuboji Temple
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    4.5
    85 Reviews
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    Kagawa Pref. Sanukishi Tawa Kanewari 96
    Okuboji Temple located in Sanuki City, Kagawa Prefecture is a temple of the Shingon sect Daikakuji school and the 88th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is the place for completing a Shikoku pilgrimage, and the kongozue (sticks) and hats which belonged to pilgrims who completed the pilgrimage are dedicated next to the main hall. It is said that Gyoki established the temple in the Yoro period (717 to 724), and Kobo daishi built an edifice and enshrined a statue of Bhaisajyaguru carved by him later. It was popular for the principal image of Bhaisajyaguru which is said to blow away calamity and sicknesses, and also as a Nyoninkoya where women can access the mountain. The main hall and a two-story tahoto pagoda line up are backed by Taizogamine Peak, and it is said that you can receive the same fortune as with the pilgrimage of the 88 sites when you walk one lap around the Osunafumidojo (sand stepping field) of Daishi hall. It is also well-known for fall foliage.

    第88番札所 大窪寺 結願のお礼にお伺いしました。最初にお伺いしたのが5年前、久しぶりのお参りです。 境内は広く見ごたえも十分。8月の四国とは思えない雨で寒さもなかなかでしたがゆっくりとお参りさせていただきました。

  • Botaraku-san Shido-ji Temple
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    4.0
    53 Reviews
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    Kagawa Pref. Sanukishi Shido 1102
    Located around seven minutes’ walk from JR Shido Station on a site that looks out over Yashima Island and Mt. Gokenzan, facing Shido Bay, Botaraku-san Shido-ji Temple is the 86th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It is the oldest of the 88 temples, having been founded in 625. The statue of the bodhisattva Kannon with eleven faces, flanked by guardian attendants Fudo Myo-o (Acala) and Bishamonten (Vaisravana), which was donated to the Temple by Matsudaira Yorishige, the lord of the Sanuki domain, the statues of the Nioh Guardians which were carved by Unkei, the Hon-do (Main Hall) and the Nioh Gate are all designated Important Cultural Properties. There is no admission charge for entry to the Kyokusui-shiki Garden, a garden constructed in the Muromachi period which resembles a traditional landscape painting and which is located in a corner of the Temple precincts, or to the Muzen-tei Garden, a Zen-style dry landscape garden.

    創建が626年ということなので、仏教伝来から100年もたっていない程の古刹中の古刹の寺院です。山門を入れば、堂宇を見に来たとというより樹木を見に来たといった方が正しいほど、自然いっぱいです。山門にある大きな草履、高い塔など見どころいっぱいです。戦国武将生駒親正の墓、海女の伝説も有ります。

  • Nagao-ji Temple
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    3.5
    42 Reviews
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    Kagawa Pref. Sanukishi Nagaonishi 653
    The Nagao-ji Temple is the 87th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. There are several different stories regarding the Temple’s origins, but the most widely-quoted story is that the Temple was founded when the bodhisattva Gyoki carved a statue of the bodhisattva Kannon and built a temple to install the statue in. Subsequently, when Kobo Daishi was preparing to travel to China to study Buddhist teachings there, he spent a period of seven days at the Temple, starting from New Year, performing the Gomakito fire ceremony to pray for a successful journey. A Daieyo ceremony is still held at the Temple every year on the seventh day of January in commemoration of this event. During this event, there is a competition in which participants compete to see who can carry a huge rice cake, which weighs 150 kilograms and is decorated with the Three Jewels, for the longest distance.

    補陀落山観音院長尾寺(ふだらくさんかんおんいんながおじ)は、香川県さぬき市長尾西(かがわけんさぬきしながおにし)にある天台宗の寺だ。 四国八十八ヶ所霊場第87番札所で、本尊は聖観世音菩薩(しょうかんぜおんぼさつ) 2020年11月13日、この日は志度寺に参拝した。 そこから車で、長尾寺にやってきた。 駐車場はとても広い。 第87番札所ということで、順番に回っていたら大詰めだ(区切り打ちだけど...

  • Entsuji Temple
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Shido 1107

    志度寺参道左側に位置するお寺です。参拝時には工事が入っていたので写せませんでしたが願掛け風鈴というものが有り、綺麗に並んでいました。奈良時代の創建です。

  • Shido Ji (Dai 86Ban pilgrim stamp office)
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Shido 1102
  • Yoda Ji
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
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    Kagawa Higashikagawa-shi Nakasuji 466

    お正月は、とっても混んでいて、小さなお寺なので参拝するまで並びます。地元の人は厄年にお祓いしてもらうようです。お寺内部に地下に入る階段があって、そこには何があるのか???仏像が並んでいるとか?閉所恐怖症の私は、真っ暗で怖いので行ったことはないのですが、多くの方が入っていっていました。

  • Fumonin Temple
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Shido 1097

    志度寺のすぐそばに位置している志度にあるお寺です。境内は綺麗に保たれて整備されており、落ち着いていていとをかし。

  • Shingakuji Temple
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Shido 48

    地元の偉人平賀源内の旧邸と道路を挟んで向かいに有ります。浄土真宗の寺院で、ある程度の敷地が有ります。境内には「岡の松」と称される大きな黒松が有ったそうですが残念ながら枯死しました。

  • Jizoji Temple
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Shido 545

    説明書からですが、怪魚が海岸まで押し寄せ悪事を働き討伐された。その怪魚を祀ったとの話です。なかなか興味深い話ですね。歴史ある志度寺を参拝した後なので、お寺そのものは普通に見えてしまいます。

  • Shakuzen Bo
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    3.0
    3 Reviews
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    Kagawa Higashikagawa Hiketa 524

    初めて降りた引田駅から歩いて行きましたが赤い仁王像が有る山門で分かりました。中に入ると百度石とか有って当時の信仰の深さが偲ばれます。

  • Sanshiyoji
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Kagawa Pref. Higashikagawashi Sambonmatsu 428

    一見するとやや大きめの民家然としていましたが、表札に讃松寺とあり、又寺号標も立っており寺院である事が良く分かりました。境内正面の本堂に当たる玄関先にも寺号の額が掛かっていました。檀家さん以外の観光客を受け入れる雰囲気ではありませんでした。

  • Sanno Miya Summer Festival
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    Kagawa Higashikagawa-shi Umayado 414-2
  • Tukaharabaremikoshi
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    Kagawa Pref. Sanukishi Nagaonishi
  • Honda Hachimangu Shrine Aki no Grand Festival
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    Kagawa Higashikagawa-shi Hiketa 2873
  • Eikokuji Temple
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    Kagawa Higashikagawa-shi Minato 1677-35
  • Gankoji Temple
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Zotakorehiro 1248
  • Gokurakuji Temple
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Nagao Higashi 1194
  • Shakuoji
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    Kagawa Pref. Higashikagawashi Otani 329-2
  • Saikyoji Temple Okunoin Temple
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Okawamachi Tomidahigashi 1809
  • Chofukuji Temple
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    Kagawa Sanuki-shi Kabe 6209

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Japan’s smallest prefecture, Kagawa, may take up just a small corner of Shikoku, but it has grown increasingly popular with the recognition of Naoshima, its "art island" in the Seto Inland Sea between Shikoku and Honshu. Just a stone’s throw from the islands, mainland Kagawa’s prefectural capital, Takamatsu, holds history in its castle ruins and its pride and joy, Ritsurin Garden, is known as one of the country’s best gardens.

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