1 Apr 2022

TEMPLE - Kokubunji Tosa Henro

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Kokubunji Henro 29

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Kokubunji 国分寺 / 國分寺 Kokubun-Ji, Tosa Kochi
摩尼山 Manizan 宝蔵院 Hozo-In 国分寺 Kokubunji

高知県南国市国分546 / Kokubun, Nankoku, Kochi

The main statue is 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 arms.

Another statue is Yakushi Nyorai, Buddha of Healing

The temple was founded by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu in 741.
. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) .

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Each prefecture has a temple named Kokubun-ji, which are official state temples, founded by order of Emperor Shomu in 741,
and temple No. 29 was the state temple established in the province of Tosa, today's Kochi Prefecture.
After being burned down once by Chosokabe, it was also rebuilt by him after his conversion to Buddhism.
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30 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Unjuji Izumo Yasugi

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Unjuji Izumo Yasugi

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Unjuji 雲樹寺 Unju-Ji, Yasugi, Kiyoi
瑞塔山 Zuitozan 雲樹寺 Unjuji


島根県安来市清井町281 / Shimane, Yasugi city, Kiyoi town

The main statue is 拈華微笑佛(ねんげみしょうぶつ)Nenge Mishobutsu.
This deity brings peace to the family.

The Kannon statue is 子授け・子育て観音 Kannon to bring and protect children


At the gate is also a statue of sake-tachi Jizo 酒断ち地蔵 to help stop drinking alcohol.


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An ancient temple of the Rinzai sect.
This Zen Temple was founded in 1322 by 弧峰覚明 Koho Kakumyo (三光国師 Sanko Kokushi)
and is one of the oldest Zen temples in the Izumo region.
This is where Emperor Go-Daigo offered his prayers.
It has a number of cultural properties, such as a four-pillared gate with a gabled roof (Shikyakumon)
and 高麗梵鐘 a Korean copper bell, and there is a dry landscape garden of about 33,000 square meters behind the prients' chambers.
The quiet surroundings may make this place appear a rigid Zen temple,
but the azaleas that bloom in May are a sight to behold.
- source : yasugi-kankou.com/eng/see-en ...


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A Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple that is counted among of the oldest Zen temples in the Izumo region.
It was founded in 1322 by the priest Koho Kakumyo who had earned the trust of Emperor Godaigo and Emperor Gomurakami.
The precious large shikyakumon four-pillared gate at the end of the pine tree lined approach dates from the 1300s and escaped fires, helping it survive to the present day.
The precincts are also home to one of the prefecture's few Korean bells.
The temple is also a popular spot for viewing azaleas; the site of hundreds of them blooming together is superb.
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薬師堂 Yakushi-Do Hall

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This Temple is Nr. 12 of the
. Izumo no Kuni Shinbutsu Pilgrimage 出雲國神仏霊場編 .

. 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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29 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Jizoji Henro Tokushima

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Jizoji Henro Itano

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Jizooji 地蔵寺 Jizo-Ji, Itano
無尽山 Mujinzan 荘厳院 Yogo-In 地蔵寺 Jizo-Ji

徳島県板野郡板野町羅漢字林東5 / Tokushima, Itano district, Itano town, Hayashi-Higashi

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Jizō-ji is temple No. 5 on the Shikoku pilgrimage, or Henro.
It stands in an old residential area at the border of the Tokushima rift valley and the foothills of the Sanuki Mountains.
The long pedestrian approach is bordered by pines and cherry trees which are beautiful in spring. The path passes through a pair of stone columns before reaching the simple main gate. The temple guardians are cartoonlike figures in bright colours, and their eyes are a bit too close together.
Beyond the gate, there is a spacious plaza dominated by a big, knobbly gingko tree which is over 800 years old.
To the right is a statue of Kūkai on the pilgrimage and a simple raised belfry.
Next is the small Awashima Hall, home of the alter ego of the guardian deity of Awashima Shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, who cures all illnesses.
The Daishi Hall is large and splendid, and unusual for its brightly painted wood carvings of animals.
Near the Daishi Hall is a bronze seated Buddha.
Buildings on the north side include the Nokyosho and a hexagonal building housing a golden Kannon statue.
There's also a water harp that mimics the sound of the instrument called koto.
Facing the Daishi Hall is the Main Hall. The principal image is 勝軍地蔵 a Shōgun Jizō statue. The Jizō is mounted on a horse wearing armour, with a staff in his right hand and a jewel in his left hand. He drives out wrongdoers and prevents disasters. On the left side of the temple veranda sits a pensive-looking Binzuru statue.
Behind the Daishi Hall, a path leads past an old cemetery and up some stone steps to the Inner Sanctuary, which is big enough to be its own major temple compound. From the top of the steps, you can look down on the temple and the Tokushima rift valley beyond.
The Inner Sancturay is called the Rakan Hall. It's an elongated U-shaped building housing life-sized statues of 500 rakan, or arhats, semi-enlightened followers of Buddha.
It also houses a magnificent, larger than life statue of Kūkai.
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Kūkai founded the temple in 821 at the request of Emperor Saga.
He carved a Shōgun Jizō statue of about 5.5 cm and enshrined it in the principal image. After that, the imperial family visited the temple devotedly for three generations.
Due to their faith in the Shōgun Jizō, military commanders such as Minamoto no Yoritomo, Yoshitsune, and the Hachisuka clan made many donations to the temple. With these donations, the territory of the temple was expanded, and there were about 300 branch temples in the provinces of Awa, Sanuki, and Iyo. However, during Chōsokabe Motochika's unification of Shikoku, the Jizō-ji Temple was burned down.
After that, Jizō-ji was rebuilt and expanded by the efforts of successive priests, monks, and believers, and the temple compound is still extensive.
The Rakan Hall was built in 1775 by two brothers who were priests of the temple.
However, it was damaged by fire in 1915 and rebuilt in 1922, and now only around two hundred of the statues remain.

Jōkan Shōnin, who was the officiating priest of the Kumano Gongen in Kīshū, carved a statue of the Enmei Jizō in a sacred tree here, and Kūkai placed a statue he carved in its belly.
- source : shikokutours.com/attractions .. Jizo-ji ..

An illustration from "Awa Meisho Zue" (pub. 1814)
of the Temple Jizo-Ji in Tokushima.

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28 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Shuinji Yakushi Haji

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Shuinji Yakushi Haji

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Shuinji 種因寺 Shuin-Ji, Haji
東照山 Toshozan 種因寺Shuin-Ji


福岡県嘉穂郡桂川町土師3135 / Haji, Keisen, Kaho District, Fukuoka

The Yakushi statue was carved by Dengyo Daishi.
It is one of his 七仏薬師 Seven Statues of Yakushi.
法海雷音如来 ほうかいらいおんにょらい) Hokai Raion Nyorai
. Dengyo Daishi - 伝教大師 七仏薬師霊場 .
The secret statue is shown every 12 years.
. Painting of the statue of Hokai Raion Nyorai .

The temple was founded in 810 by 伝教大師 Dengyo Daishi.
In 936, the temple burned down, but the statue was safe.
It burned down around 1500.
It was reconstructed in 1339.
The temple compound was rather large with many buildings.

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shuin 朱印 / 薬師法海雷音如来 Yakushi stamp

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This temple is Nr. 04 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

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

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27 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Jufukuji Kannon Chigasaki

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Jufukuji Kannon Chigasaki

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. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
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Jufukuji 寿福寺 Jufuku-Ji, Chigasaki
綱崎山 Tsunazakizan 寿福寺 Jufukuji


横浜市都筑区茅ヶ崎東1-7-1 / Yokohama city, Tsuzuki ward, Chigasaki Higashi

The Kannon statue is 正観音 Sho Kannon.
The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 806 by Kobo Daishi.
. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774 - 835) .
In 1210, it was renewed by 智空法師 (俗名多田福寿丸) Tada Fukujumaru, the son of 多田行綱 Tada Yukitsuna (? - ?).
It was again renewed in 1625.
In 1716, the characters of the name were changed to 壽福寺.

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This temple is Nr. 19 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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26 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Kiyomizu Kannon Yasugi

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Kiyomizudera Izumo Yasugi

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Kiyomizudera 清水寺 Kiyomizudera, Yasugi
瑞光山 Zuikozan 清水寺 Kiyomizudera
Yakubarai no O-Tera 厄払いの寺 Temple to ward off evil


島根県安来市清水町528 / Shimane, Yasugi ciyt, Kiyomizu town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

Another important statue is Amida Sanzon 阿弥陀三尊座 Amida Nyorai with two attendants.

The temple was founded in 587 with about 48 smaller halls.
The compound is rather large with many small halls in valleys and forests.
In spring visitors enjoy the sakura 桜 cherry blossoms and tsutsuji ツツジ azaleas.
In autumn there are many momiji 紅葉 red autumn leaves.
In winter, snow brings another face of nature.
The main hall was built in 1393 and miraculously survived the fires of the 戦国時代 "Warring States period" (1467 – 1615).

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Kiyomizu Temple
Kiyomizu Temple was founded in 587AD.
The main deity is the 11-headed Kannon, who many people believe has the power to drive out evil spirits. As such, people who are said to be in their unlucky year come and pray here.
The main symbol of the temple is the three-storey pagoda, the only one in the San-in region of Japan.
The name Kiyomizu means pure water, and a mountain stream flows along the moss-covered stone steps on the long approach.
Along the way is Iwa-fudo-san, the immovable stone deity.
He watches over people coming to worship and drives away evil.
Near the top a statue of Kannon awaits the worshippers, welcoming them to the temple with her serene presence.
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Sanju no to 三重塔 Three-storied Pagoda
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This tower is 33 m high.
It is the only 多宝塔 tower of its kind in the 山陰 San-in area.
The Homotsu Kan 宝物館 museum contains many regional and national treasures.


根本堂 Nemoto-Do Hall

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

1月1日~1月5日 - 修正会
4月29日~5月5日 - 還誕祭
5月第4日曜日 - 仏教文化講座
8月23日 - 萬燈会
10月第3日曜日 - 光明真言会
12月17日 - 大梵焼祭
12月31日 - 除夜祭
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. Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage 中国観音霊場 .

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This Temple is Nr. 11 of the
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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 with 11 Heads

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25 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Ankokuji yakushi

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Ankokuji Yakushi Kama

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Ankokuji 安国寺 Ankoku-Ji, Kama
白馬山 Hakubazan 安国寺 Ankokuji


福岡県嘉麻市下山田288 / Fukuoka, Kama city, Shimoyamada

The main statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Senju Kannon Bosatsu.
and a statue of
白衣観音 Byaku-E Kannon with white robes.
. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .
Statue of a seated Kannon Bosatsu, made from hinoki 桧 Japanese cypress.
The statue is 49, 5 cm high.
It was made in the Muromachi period (1336 - 1573).
It had been repaired in 1697.
When 足利尊氏 Ashikaga Takauji had lost a battle and was fleeing to the mountains,
he passed Shimoyamada and prayed to Yakushi at this temple.
. Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏 (1305 – 1358) .
Takauji also had the statue of 白衣観音 Byaku-E Kannon placed in the temple.
In 1970, the statue was declared 福岡県指定有形文化財 a designated tangible cultural property of Fukuoka.

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The temple was built in 1993 on request of Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏 and 足利直義 Ashikaga Tadayoshi
to pray for the souls lost during the upheavel of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (1337 - 1392.)
The temple was lost during fightings in 1444 and rebuilt in the Taisho Period (1912 - 1926).

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Just a block from Ark Hotel Royal in the busy streets of Tenjin,
near the nightlife of Oyafuko-dori, lies Ankokuji Zen Temple.
Originally located in Nakatsu in Oita, the temple was moved to Fukuoka City
when the feudal lord expanded his territory.
This temple is mostly known for the tomb of the legendary 'candy-buying ghost' and
the largest bell of all temples in the city.
Visit Ankokuji and not only will you be able to check out these two attractions,
but you will also feel calm and soothed in the middle of the city.
- source : en.japantravel.com/fukuoka ...

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In the compound is the grave of a local Sumo wrestler, 不知火光五郎 Shiranui Kogoro .

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This temple is Nr. 03 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

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

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茅野市 Chino city / 泰平山 Taiheizan 安国禅寺 Ankoku Zenji

mujina 狢
Once late at night there was a knock at the gate of 安国寺 the Temple Ankoku-Ji.
When the priest opened, there was nobody.
But the same thing now happened every night.
One night the priest was fast to open the door and saw a mujina 狢 tanuki jump over the roof.
. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 - racoon dog, badger legends .

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木曽町 Kiso town

kitsune 狐 fox, 蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari
A fox shape-shifted into a samurai and called himseld 蛻庵 Setsuan.
He said he was a messenger from Suwa Shrine.
He was soon found out.
He was now taken in at 興禅寺 Temple Kozen-Ji and fed.
When he was on an errand to 安国寺 the Temple Ankoku-Ji he was shot.
Soon there was an epidemy in the area and people said it was the curse of the fox.
People then venerated the fox an the tmeple Kozen-Ji as 蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari.

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
setsu 蛻 the cast-off skin of a serpent.

蛻庵稲荷 セツアンイナリ Setsuan Inari Shrine
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24 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Kezoji Izumo Yakushi

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Kezoji Izumo Makuragi

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Kezooji 華蔵寺 Kezo-Ji, Makuragi
龍翔山 Ryushozan 華蔵寺 Kezo-Ji


島根県松江市枕木町 205 / Shimane, Matsue city, Makuragi town

The main statue is Yakushi Nyorai.

A stone statue of 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O is in the compound.

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Kezou-ji Temple is located at the summit of 枕木山(456m) Mt. Makuragi in Matsue city, with the elevation of 456m.
This temple has a long and important history of Buddism in Shimane. It is said to be originally built in 825 by 智元上人 Chigen Shonin (holy priest) and was the temple of Tendai sect of Buddism at the time.
Later in the late Kamakura period, it was reconstructed as a Zen temple and prospered so much it became one of the most famous temples in the region.
After then, the temple had decayed as a result of a fire caused by the war.
The temple saw the light of the day again when 堀尾吉晴 Horio Yoshiharu, the feudal lord of Matsue at the time, decided to build Matsue Castle in 1607.
Since Mt. Makuragi is located in the spot superstitiously believed to be unlucky, the temple was restorated and became a temple for praying.
The sitting statue of Yakushi Nyorai kept in Yakushido Hall is the work of the late Heian Period and designated a National Important Cultural Property.
The gate of the precinct built in the middle of Edo Period is Cultural property designated by Shimane Prefecture.
From the observation platform, you can enjoy the view of Lake Nakaumi, Lake Shinji, and Mt. Daisen.
If the weather conditions are good enough, you can even see the Oki Islands in the distance.
- source : kankou-shimane.com/en ...

枕木山(456m) Mount Makuragi

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

毎月8日 - 御縁日
2月3日 - 星祭
3月20日 - 彼岸会
5月5日 - 二歳児無事成長祈願(仁王像またくぐり)
5月8日 - 春季祭礼
降誕会 - 二歳児成長祈願(仁王像またくぐり)
5月24・25・26日 - 青葉茶会(建仁寺・四頭式)
6月2日 - 世界平和祈願祭(開催地・出雲大社)
6月24日 - 稲荷祭
7月6・7日- 夕ざり茶会
9月8日 - 秋季例祭
9月14日 - 月見茶会 Moon-viewing tea ceremony
11月3日 - 大茶会
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The four seasons with all their flowers :
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This Temple is Nr. 07 of the
. Izumo no Kuni Shinbutsu Pilgrimage 出雲國神仏霊場編 .

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

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Tengu matsuri 天狗祭 Tengu festival
To teach the Tengu of 枕木山 Mount Makuragisan a lesson, the Zen priest 仏智禅師 Butchi Zenshi
from 華蔵寺 the Temple Kezo-Ji caught the Tengu and bound him.
But the Tengu apologized sincerely and promised to change his ways.
So the priest let him go.
Later the priest had a dream where the Tengu appeared.
All became frightened and started Tengu Matsuri 天狗祭り a festival to appease the Tenug on February 17.
. Tengu matsuri 天狗祭 Tengu festivals .

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23 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Nanrinji Yakushi Miyano

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Nanrinji Yakushi Miyano

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Nanrinji 南淋寺 Nanrin-Ji, Miyano
医王山 Iozan 南淋寺 Nanrinji


福岡県朝倉市宮野86 / Fukuoka, Asakura city, Miyano

The Yakushi statue is 薬師如来座像 a seated Yakushi Nyorai.
It is a secret statue and shown only on
the second Sunday in January and on April 08.

- Chant of the temple

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The temple was founded in 806 by the monk Saicho, founder of the Tendai Sect of Buddhism.
The temple's principle object of worship, a seated statue of the Yakushi Nyorai Buddha, is said to have been carved by Saicho and is a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
From late March to early April the weeping cherry trees in front of the main hall come into bloom.
- source : japantravel.navitime.com ...

. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .

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伝教大師 七仏薬師霊場 - Seven Yakushi Statues made by Dengyo Daishi
01 南淋寺 Nanrin-Ji
02 比叡山 延暦寺 根本中堂 - 滋賀県大津市坂本本町4220
03 宝満山 宇智山中堂 - 廃寺
04 堅粕山 薬王寺 東光院 - 福岡市博多区吉塚3丁目
05 東照山 種因寺 福岡県嘉穂郡桂川町土師3135 - also on 九州49薬師
06 福聚山 平等寺 因幡堂 - 京都市下京区烏丸松原上ル東入ル因幡堂町
07 蜂岡山 広隆寺 - 京都市右京区太秦蜂岡町32
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This temple is Nr. 02 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

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

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