LEGENDS - Ise Mairi collecting

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Isemairi legends

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Isemairi 伊勢参り Pilgrimage to Ise - Legends

. Ise Mairi 伊勢参り Pilgrimage to Ise .
O-kage mairi お陰参り　（おかげまいり） "Thanks pilgrimage" or "blessing pilgrimage"
. Ise no Kaido 伊勢の街道 Pilgrim roads to Ise .

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名古屋市 Nagoya city

. kujira 鯨 / くじら whale toys and legends .
In Spring, whales take their children to Ise mairi 伊勢参り a pilgrimage to Ise.
Therefore hunting for whales is not done in this area.




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松山市 Matsuyama city

. takaboozu 高坊主 Takabozu priest .
He comes instead of Hokigami Hōkigami 箒神 the Broom Deity to help with a birth.




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Gifu 恵那市 Ena city 山岡町 Yamaoka town

koishi 小石
伊勢参りから帰ってくる途中、草鞋の中に小石が挟まった。いくら取っても絡まってくる。不思議な石なのでShinmei Jinja 神明神社に祀った。その小石は次第に大きくなったという。




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神石郡 Jinseki district 神石高原町 Kogencho town // 石神さん

. tamagushi 玉串 branch offerings .




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花巻市 Hanamaki city 東和町 Towa town

ryuuguu no hime 龍宮の姫， Rokubei Iwa 六兵衛岩
六兵衛という美男がお伊勢参りに出かけ、渡し舟から落としてしまった笠がきりもみして水に引き込まれた。お伊勢参りから帰ると病にかかり、危篤になった。その夜、重病の六兵衛がガバッと起きて小さな穴のある岩に入ってしまい、六兵衛岩になった。竜宮の姫が気に入って、自分の元に呼んだのだった。

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TEMPLE - Sogenji Kannon Waseda

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Sogenji Kannon Waseda

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Soogenji 宗源寺 Sogen-Ji - Waseda
十却山 正覚院 Shokaku-In 宗源寺 Sogenji

東京都新宿区早稲田町82 / Shinjuku ward, Waseda town

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

In the 観音堂 Kannon Hall is
十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon with Eleven Heads
made by 行基 Gyoki Bosatsu.
. Gyōki, Gyōgi 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668-749) .

The temple has been founded in 1631 in 牛込横寺町 Ushigome Yokoteramachi by Saint 信譽上人.
It has been relocaｔed to its present location in 1659.

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- Homepage of the temple
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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

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EDO - Yotsugi district Katsushika

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Yotsugi district Katsushika

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Yotsugi 四つ木 Yotsugi district (Four Trees)
四つ木一丁目 - 四つ木五丁目 from First to Fifth district

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History of Yotsugi
The earliest mention of Yotsugi is an inscription on a statue of 聖徳太子 Shōtoku Taishi at 西光寺 Saikō-ji.
The statue has the presumably authentic date of 1341 written on it. This is roughly 140 years after Minamoto no Yoritomo's death so let's put some things into perspective, namely why is Yoritomo even relevant to the story? He may or may not be, but when he became the first shōgun of the 3 great shōgunates, his government put Kantō on the map – politically and economically speaking. Edo was just a fishing village at the time, but the proximity to the shōgunal capital of Kamakura was a massive boon to tiny villages in the area. By 1341, power had transferred back to Kyōto in western Japan with the establishment of the 室町幕府 Muromachi Bakufu Ashikaga Shōgunate. 140 years had passed and the prestige of Kantō was diminished.
The earliest surviving textual mention of Yotsugi comes to us from 1398 (Muromachi Period) in a document called 下総国葛西御厨注文 Shimōsa no Kuni Kasai Mikuri Chūmon Shimōsa Province's Kasai Mikuri Annotation. It references a place called 四ﾂ木新田村 Yotsugi-Shinden Mura Yotsugi-Shinden Village.
In the Edo period, this area was primarily agricultural – fields and trees as far as the eye could see.
It fell under the administration of Edo Katsushika-gun 江戸葛飾郡 Katsushika District, Edo area. Yotsugi was technically under the direct control of the Tokugawa Shōgunate ...
It lay along the 本所上水 Honjo Jōsui Honjo Clean Water Aqueduct, which was later known as the 葛西用水 Kasai Yōsui Kasai Aqueduct or more popularly as the Hikifune-gawa 曳舟川 Hikifune River. The site where the Hikifune River and Ayase-gawa intersected offered a scenic riverside view that Edoites cherished. This spot was where the Hikifune Towpath began.
Because of its proximity to the shōgun's capital and its scenic beauty, it was a popular destination for Edoites who wanted to get out of the city for a day or two. The most popular destinations were the religious institutions of 西光寺 Saikō-ji, 客人大権現 Maroudo Daigongen (modern 渋江白髭神社 Shibue Shirahige Jinja Shibue Shriahige Shrine), 木下川薬師 Kinoshita-gawa Yakushi (modern 浄光寺 Senkō-ji), and 柴又帝釈天 Shibamata Taishakuten. With the exception of Shibamata Taishakuten, these temples (and one shrine) are pretty minor, but in the Edo Period they were quite important.
During the Meiji Period, the area remained rural and agricultural – it was more or less unchanged from the Edo Period. However, in 1912 (Taishō 1), 四ﾂ木駅 Yotsugi Eki Yotsugi Station was built. This made the area accessible and factories that wanted to take advantage of the space, cheap land, and access to rivers for distribution and "waste disposal" were set up in the area. It's around this time that the area became famous for the production of celluloid.

In 1922, a wooden bridge called Yotsugibashi 四ﾂ木橋 Yotsugi Bridge was built across the Arakawa River linking 墨田区 Sumida-ku Sumida Ward and 葛飾区 Katsushika-ku Katsushika Ward. In the chaos following the 1923 関東大震災 Kantō Daishinsai Great Kantō Earfquake, the 旧四ﾂ木橋 Kyū-Yotsugibashi Former Yotsugi Bridge – as it's known today – was the site of wanton racist attacks against Chinese and Koreans living on the Sumida Ward side of the bridge. Apparently, some Tōkyōites blamed them for the earthquake or just took advantage of the chaos to indulge their own racism. At any rate, another wooden bridge was soon built and life went on as usual.
In the post-WWII years, the area rapidly urbanized. City historians cite the building of a new 四ツ木橋 Yotsugibashi Yotsugi Bridge in 1952 as making urbanization possible. Prior to the post-war era, cars were relatively rare in Tōkyō – trains and trolleys were the norm. The new bridge was a modern truss bridge made of steel that allowed automobile traffic to cross the Arakawa in this area. The area's agricultural heritage began to fade quickly.
In 1964, the name was changed from 四ﾂ木 Yotsugi to 四つ木 Yotsugi
the only change was orthographic: katakana ﾂ tsu became hiragana つ tsu.
In 1989, during the Bubble Economy, the 曳舟川 Hikifune-gawa Hikifune River was filled in due to pollution and presumably to use it as a sewer. The remaining marshes that surrounded the river also became landfill. By 2000, the only left over bit of this once scenic Edo Period day trip spot was present-day Hikifune-gawa Shinsui Kōen 曳舟川親水公園 the Hikifune River Hydrophilic Park.
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. Hikifunegawa 曳舟川 Hikifune River .
Kasai Irrigation Water and the Kasai Yōsui 葛西用水 Kasai Waterway.

Hikifune Shinsui Koen 曳舟川親水公園 Hikifune Water Park

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Barges on the Yotsugi Dōri Canal 四ツ木通用水引ふね

A "hikifune (tugboat)"
is not propelled by a boatman using oars or a rod, but is moved by pulling a rope strung between the banks of the river, and usually carries passengers. What is pictured here is the Honjo irrigation canal, but since the river is narrow and the water is shallow, the only boat that could be used is the tugboat.
- source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library

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TEMPLE - Teisho-Ji - Fudo Unuma

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Teishoji Fudo Unuma

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
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Teishooji 貞照寺 Teisho-Ji - Unuma
成田山 Naritasan 貞照寺 Teishoji

岐阜県各務原市鵜沼宝積寺町5-189 / Unuma Hoshakuji town, Kakamigahara, Gifu

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

The temple was built in 1933 by the first Japanese actress 川上貞奴 Sada Yakko.
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Sadayakko　(1871 - 1946)
Became a geisha of Yoshi-cho, Tokyo and got married to the actor Otojiro Kawakami in 1891.
She made a tour of Europe in the company of Otojiro and enjoyed a great deal of popularity as Madame Sadayakko.
After returning to Japan, she was active as a marquee actress of the Seigeki Undo (dialogue-based theater movement) by Otojiro.
She established the Teikoku Joyu Yoseijo (the Imperial Actress Training Institute) in 1908.
Although she retired after the death of Otojiro in 1917, she launched the Kawakami Jido Gakugeki-dan in 1924 and endeavored to popularize the infant theater.
She built the Teishoji temple in Unuma, Gifu Prefecture and she became a nun in 1933.
- source : ndl.go.jp/portrait ...

The temple is also called geino no tera 芸能の寺 "Temple of Entertainment".

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omamori お守り amulets

- Homepage of the temple
- source : inuyama-naritasan.or.jp/teisyouji

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. Pilgrimages to 36 Fudo Temples in the Tokai region 東海三十六不動尊霊場 .

. 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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SHRINE - Iya Shrine, Shimane

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Iya Jinja Matsue

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Iya Jinja 揖夜神社 Iya Shrine, Shimane

島根県松江市東出雲町揖屋 / Shimane, Matsue, Iya, Higashi-Izumocho

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Izanami no Kami 伊邪那美神

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The shrine is dedicated to the goddess Izanami
This shrine was mentioned in the "Izumo no Kuni Fudoki", a record of the culture and geography of the region and is the only record left today in Japan that is in complete condition since 733, meaning the shrine was regarded as very important by the capital at the time.
The main hall uses Taisha-zukuri architecture, but the area where the sacred object is kept is made in the opposite fashion to Izumo Taisha, where order goes from left to right.
Iya shrine is also famous as the very setting for one of Japanese mythology stories.
The Shrine is dedicated to the goddess Izanami who is the wife of the god Izanagi.
Together they were said to have created the Japan Archipelago and a lot of the Japanese gods/ goddesses.
They used to be a loving couple with the same ambitions until Izanami died as the result of giving birth to the god of fire.
Since then, their paths had separated with Izanami belonging to the land of the dead while Izanagi to the living.
After Izanami died, Izanagi had spent days grieving and missing her so much that he chased after her into the land of the dead trying to get her back, only to find that his loving wife turned into a monstrous creature rotten from the inside out. Izanagi ran for his life and back to the living world, chased by Izanami, who was furious because he looked at her face when she told him not to.
In the end, Izanagi shut her in the underworld at the boundary of the living world with a huge rock,

which is now known as 黄泉比良坂 Yomotsu-hira Saka. There you can actually witness the very rock he used to shut the entrance to the underworld.
Izanami cursed Izanagi from the other side of the rock saying,
"For the shame you have caused me, I will kill 1000 people from your world every day!"
Izanagi replied to her "Then, I will create 1500 people every day."
And they never saw each other again.
Thus, Izanami is forever stuck in the underworld and has been ever since.
Iya shrine might have been built by those who sympathize with her, praying for her to rest in peace.
- source : kankou-shimane.com/en ..

. Izanami　伊邪那美命 and Izanagi 伊弉諾 .

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Yearly Festivals　年中行事

穂掛祭　Hokake Matsuri
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Ho-kake Matsuri 穂掛祭 Hokake Festival

The festival is held both on sea and land. People pray for a generous harvests and safety at sea.
The god worshipped is first brought in a Mikoshi on a boat to reach a sacred place before returning to the shrine.
The rituals include a Kagura dances on a stage next to the shrine, mochi-maki (distribution of pounded steam rice cakes), Japanese drums and fireworks.
. Matsue Festivals .

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- Reference : 揖夜神社
- Reference : shimane matsue iya shrine


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. Izumo Kaido 出雲街道 Izumo Highway .
connecting Himeiji with Izumo

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TEMPLE - Yokokuji Kannon Sekiguchi

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Yokokuji Kannon Sekiguchi

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Yookokuji. Yōkokuji 養国寺 / 養國寺 Yokoku-Ji - Sekiguchi
法樹山 Hojuzan 養国寺 Yokokuji 安楽院 Anraku-In

文京区関口2-3-19 / Bunkyo ward, Sekiguchi

正観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon
A Kannon statue in the garden

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.
The Kannon statue is to its right.
勢至菩薩 Seishi Bosatsu is to its left.

The temple was founded around 1615 by 寂譽寶貞
on request of the mother of 岡金兵衛 Oka Kinbei.

Nearby are the Shrine 正八幡神社 Sho Hachiman Jinja
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the Temple 永泉寺 Yosen-Ji.

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- Homepage of the temple
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花祭り - Hana Matsuri
４月８日は、お釈迦様の誕生日です

施餓鬼 - Segaki
毎年　7月17日に施餓鬼が行われます
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. The famous hotel 椿山荘 Chinzanso .
Chinzanso Garden, 2-10-10 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

. Sekiguchi 関口 Sekiguchi district .

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EDO - Sakuragi district Taito

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Sakuragi district Taito

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Sakuragi 桜木 Sakuragi district
上野桜木一丁目 - 上野桜木二丁目 Ueno Sakuragi from first to second district

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Discover craft beer, artisanal bread, and gourmet food in a collection of renovated houses

The first store in the ueno sakuragi atari block is Yanaka Beer Hall, a brewery that serves craft beer and barbecue-style food.
You can place an order from outside the window or settle yourself into the warm and welcoming hall.
The next building houses VANER, an artisanal bakery serving fresh-baked bread all day long.
And the third and final store is OshiOlive, a gourmet boutique selling olive oils, salts and other condiments and sauces.
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. Yoojuin 養壽院 / 養寿院 Temple Yoju-In .
台東区上野桜木1-15-3 / Taito ward, Ueno, Sakuragi

. Kawabata Yasunari 川端康成 Yasunari Kawabata (1899 – 1972) .
The writer lived in 上野桜木町 Ueno-Sakuragi town.

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TEMPLE - Daishoin Fudo Hinaga

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Daishoin Fudo Hinaga

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Daishooin 大聖院 Daisho-In - Hinaga
無動山 Mudozan 松井寺 Matsui-Ji 大聖院 Daishoin

三重県四日市市日永2-11-7 / Mie, Yokkaichi city, Hinaga

The main statue is 日永の不動さん Hinaga no Fudo San.

. Sanjuroku Doji 三十六童子 36 acolytes .
宝蔵護童子 Hozo Go Doji is Nr. 29.


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According to the temple biography, it is said to be an ancient temple related to the opening of 行基 Gyoki in Tenpyo 10 (738),
and it is said that it was originally located on Mt. Atago in the west and had 17 temples.
During the Tensho era (1573-1592), the army under 織田信長 Oda Nobunaga attacked and burned down 諸堂 Morodo.
The chief priest of the time, 蓮華法印 Renka Hoin, took out the statue of Fudo Myo, the principal idol, on his back and escaped the difficulties.
In the 3rd year of Genroku (1690), the fourth great monk of Chuko, 海養法印 Kaiyo Hoin, moved the temple to its present location and changed the name of the temple to Daishoin Matsui Temple.
The statue of Fudo Myo, the principal idol, was made in the late Heian period and is designated as an important cultural property of the country.
It is said that 源 頼義 Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, a military commander of the Heian period, sensed Fudo Myo in the camp, engraved it in the Jocho period of the Buddhist priest in Kyoto, and worshiped it as a lifelong memorial Buddha.
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shuin 朱印 stamp

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January 1-3 Correction Meeting
January 28 First Fudokai Ceremony (Opening of the principal image)
August 28 Fudo Bonkai Ceremony (Opening of the principal image)
28th of every month Fudoson Ennichi, Goma memorial service
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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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TEMPLE - Amida Do Hall Legends

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Amida Do Hall Legends

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Amidadoo 阿弥陀堂と伝説 Amida Do Hall Legends

鴻巣市 阿弥陀堂 Konosu city, Amida Hall

Seven Amida Do Halls at the pilgrimage
. Sasaguri 篠栗四国八十八箇所 88 Henro Temples - Kyushu .




Amida Buddha -
you smile at life
you smile at death

. Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏 Introducing Amida .

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....................................................................... Aichi 愛知県 　
豊田市 Toyota city 簗平町 Yanadaira town

The 阿弥陀堂 Amida Do Hall was located at 岩倉公会堂 the Iwakura Community Center.
If pregnant women went there to pray, they would have an easy birth.
. anzan o-mamori, 安産お守り Talismans for Safe Delivery .




....................................................................... Fukushima 福島県 　
会津若松市 Aizu Wakamatsu city 河東町 Kawahigashi town
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The Amida Hall was established by 空也上人 Saint Kuya Shonin in 964.
In 1595 it was rebuilt.

Nearby was a small pagoda tower called mokusei gorintoo 木製五輪塔 Gorinto made from wood.
It was used to offer the relics of dead family members.
. sotooba 卒塔婆 と伝説 Legends about Sotoba grave markers .

福島県会津若松市河東町広野冬木沢
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. Saint Kuya Shonin, (903-72)　空也上人 .

hotoke no kuchiyose ホトケノ口寄セ ritual to call a dead person
Before World War II there was a special ritual at 八葉寺阿弥陀堂 the Amida Hall of the Temple Hachiyo-Ji.
A medium would call the soul of dead person and communicate with it.




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Miyagi 刈田郡 Katta district 蔵王町 Zao town

. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
In former times there was 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall where a large Buddha statue was venerated.
Nearby is 巨樹の大杉 the largest cedar tree of Miyagi prefecture.
Women come here to pray to become pregnant and give a safe birth.

The huge tree is also called Mida no Sugi 弥陀の杉 and sometimes
Daruma Sugi 達磨杉, Cedar of Daruma Daishi.
. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .

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Miyagi 気仙沼市 Kesennuma city 鹿折 Shishiori

At 常念寺 the temple Jonen-Ji there is 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall.
Once upon a time, the head of the main Buddha statue bame off and flew away, falling down in the fields.
Next morning the villagers found the head in the field.
They made a body for the head and placed it in the 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall.

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Miyagi 仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

enoki 榎 nettletree，komochi enoki 子持榎
In the North-West of 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall there is a mound where some relics of 安徳天皇 Emperor Antoku Tenno are buried.

It is called Tennozuka 天皇塚 Mound of the Emperor.
On top of the mound is enoki 榎 a nettletree.
Women came here, embraced the teee with the wish to become pregnant and take a small stone home.
The tree is no longer there, but its roots are still visible.
. enoki 榎 nettletree, Chinese hackberry tree .

Some sources quote a different tree :
. keyaki 欅 Zelkova tree .

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Miyagi 柴田郡 Shibata district 柴田町 Shibata town 森合 Moriai

asekaki Amida 汗かき阿弥陀 sweating Amida
At 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall in Moriai there are gochi Nyorai 五智如来 five Nyorai Statues.
Four of them are made from iron.
Once upon a time, a rich man from Tateishi was told that he would fall to hell alive and never die.
Once an itinerant priest told him to make 1000 mounds and place 1000 Sutras there.
Then he should make five statues of the Nyorai Buddhas.
One of the statues should be placed into the pond in the garden of the man.
The statue would start sweating if something bad was going to happen.
Thus it became known as the "Sweating Amida" to the villagers.
. Asekaki Amida　汗かき阿弥陀　sweating Amida .
Photo of a bronze statue of a seated Amida at 一向寺 the temple Ikko-Ji in Utsunomiya, Tochigi




....................................................................... Niigata 新潟県 　
十日町市 Tokamachi city 中条 Nakajo

honzon no tatari 本尊の祟り the curse of the Amida Buddha statue
Now it does not exist any more, but once there was a temple related to 円通寺 Entsu-Ji in Nakajo.
Around 1835 there was a large fire and only the main statue and 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall remained.
The statue was all black from the fire and should never be shown to people again.
If someone would look at the statue, there would seen be a fire in the village.




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Okayama 上房郡 Jobo district 北房町 Hokubo town

shichinin no misaki 七人御崎 death of seven people
In the compound of 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall there are seven gorinto 五輪塔 grave stupas for seven people.
Once upon a time, the rich headman of the village feared about his treasures.
He had them put into seven earthwear pots and asked seven people to carry them on their backs.
When they reached 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall he asked them to burry them in the ground.
Then he killed the seven men.
. Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity .
shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ / 7人ミサキ / 七人みさき / シチニンミサキ "Misaki death of seven people"

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Okayama 津山市 Tsuyama city

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .
At the remains of 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall there was once an old matsu 松 pine tree.
Once a man wanted to re-plant it to another place, but he got cursed.
The pine tree withered in 1794, but its roots did not decay.
If people prayed her for rain, rain would fall.




....................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県　
鴻巣市 Konosu city 箕田 Mida

Minamoto no Tsunemoto 源経基
When 六孫王経基 Rokuson-O Tsunetomo was governor of 武蔵 the Musashi region,
he ordered 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall to be built at 満願寺 the temple Mangan-Ji.
He went outside the temple, shot an arrow in the Northern direction and where it fell down, the Hall was to be built.
Now there is a bamboo grove nearby, and they say it started where the arrow of Tsunemoto fell to the ground.
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満願寺 Temple Mangan-Ji
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....................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県 　
藤枝市 Fujieda city

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
In the hamlet 花倉 Hanakura there is a small 阿弥陀堂 Amida Do Hall.
In its left side shirohebi 白蛇 a white serpent is venerated - 花倉白蛇 Hanakura Shirohebi.
Below a giant rock is a hole where the serpent lived.
Until about 100 years ago, villagers always saw too white serpents.
The villagers used to ask the white serpent for a favor and were usually granted it.




....................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県 　
富士吉田市 Fujiyoshida City 向原 Mukaihara

kitsuneppi 狐っ火 / キツネッピ Kitsunebi in local dialect
加藤憲明 Kato Noriaki once saw kitsuneppi 狐っ火 a fox fire near 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall.
It looked almost like a group of hotaru 蛍 fireflies.
. kitsunebi 狐火と伝説 Legends about the "fox fire" .


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TEMPLE - Daiji-Ji Kannon Otsuka

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Daijiji Kannon Otsuka

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Daijiji 大慈寺 Daiji-Ji - Otsuka
普門山 Fumonzan 天寿院 Tenju-In 大慈寺 Daijiji

豊島 大塚公園 / Toshima, Otsuka Park

This temple is now abandoned.
The main statue was 正観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.

It was probably founded in the Muromachi period (1336 - 1573).
Some sources quote 刑部卿局 Gyobukyo no Tsubone (1570 - 1661) as the founder.
Gyōbukyō no tsubone was the daughter of Azai Nagamasa (1545 - 1573).
Gyobukyo was the wet-nurse of 千姫 Princess Senhime.

The temple was restored around 1640.
The temple was abandoned around 1900.

In 大塚公園 the Otsuka Park is 庚申塔 a Koshin Stone monument at the place where the temple was.

. Kooshin 庚申 the Koshin Deity .

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Senhime 千姫 (1597 – 1666), or Lady Sen,
was the eldest daughter of the shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada and later the wife of Toyotomi Hideyori.
She was remarried to Honda Tadatoki after the death of her first husband.
Following the death of her second husband, she later became a Buddhist nun
under the name of Tenjuin (天樹院).
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. 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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