【Pilgrim’s Song】
People who sing and see the flowers at Yasakaji
At the edge of the three Buddhas

History and origin of Yasakaji

Between Yasakaji, which is about 1 km north of Joruriji, there is a pilgrimage road “Shikoku no Michi” that follows the gentle curved roads of the countryside. It is closely related to the legend of Emon Saburo, the ancestor of the pilgrimage. It is an old temple with a history of 1,300 years, since the founder Kokaku of Shugendo is said to have established it. The temple is located in the middle of the mountain, and in the first year of the Asuka era, Emperor Bunbu (reign 697-707) petitioned for the construction of the pagoda. At this time, it was named as a temple after the 8 slopes, and it is also derived from the increasingly prosperous “Iyasaka” (meaning “prosperity”) “eight slopes”.

Kobo Daishi trained at this temple a little over a hundred years later, in 815 in the 6th year of the Kōnin era (815), rebuilt the ruined temple, and designated it as a sacred place. The main statue of Amida Nyorai is said to be the work of Genshin Miyamoto Nobu (942-1017), who laid the logical foundation of Jodo religion. Later, from Kishu, the spirits of Kumano Gongen (manifestation of Buddha in the form of a Shinto “kami”) and the twelve shrines of Gongen were worshiped and became the main dojo of Shugendo, also called “Kumano Yasakaji”. At this time, there were 12 monks in the precincts, and Sue-ji Temple had 48 temples, and it was thriving enough to hold monks.
In the basement of the main hall, approximately 8,000 Amida figures dedicated from believers throughout the country are enshrined.

The highlights of Yasakaji

Enma-do

Between the main hall and Daishido. There are two ways: “the way of paradise” and “the way of hell”. The beautiful paradise is drawn as such, and the hell is painted with devils, beasts, and evil spirits.

Helping Hand

The 10th step from the bottom of the stone stairs to the main hall. It is said to be the hand of “Salvation that removes nine troubles”, and a story that is effective for foot and eye diseases is conveyed.

Houinto Tower

A temple treasure in the garden in front of the warehouse, a stone tower in the Kamakura period.

Fudo Sanson

On April 29th every year, students are gathered from all over the country to conduct training on the Somaka Daigo Mao fireworks.

Annual events at Yasakaji

Shiba Ryu Daigo Fireworks Sanmai Fire Training Course

Date: April 29 every year

Mausoleum

Date: July (twice) and October (2 days and 1 night) every year
* Recruitment of general participants every year

Temple 47 Fudasho: Kumanozan Myokenin Yasakaji

Access

Location

Jorurimachi 773, Matsuyama, Ehime 791-1133

Tel

089-963-0271

Parking

Available (free)

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

None

From the Matsuyama Interchange, take Route 33 towards Kochi / Tobecho, turn left at the intersection in front of Ehime Children’s Castle, turn right at the next traffic light after passing the Otomoyama tunnel, and turn right at Yasakajimae bus stop in front of approximately 500 meters. ⇒ Google map
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【Pilgrim’s Song】
The Joururi music of Amitabha’s Pure Land
Is yours to receive as reward for strife

The history and origin of Joruriji

Joruri Temple is the first sacred place of Yatsuga Temple in Matsuyama City. To the left of the stone steps at the entrance to the approach, there is a monument of Shiki Masaoka engraved with “Eternal Sun and Emon Saburo Joruriji” that welcomes you to the pilgrimage. This area is known as the hometown of Saburo Emon, an ancestor of the Henro pilgrimage.

Following the reports of Engi, Gyoki Bodhisattva visited Nara in the first year of the Wadō era before the opening of the Big Buddha in Nara, and built a temple as a suitable place to practice Buddhism. The statue of Yakushi Nyorai was carved out of sandalwood wood to make it the main deity. Nikko and Moonlight Bodhisattva were engraved as flanking deities in the triad, and the twelve gods were carved and enshrined. The name of the temple is “Joruriji” from Ruriko Jodo (Pure Lapis Lazuli Temple), where Yakushi Nyorai is located, and the mountain is also named after Io Nyorai.
About 100 years later, in 807, the second year of the Daidō era, Kobo Daishi, who returned from the Tang Dynasty, stayed at this temple, restored the ruined temple, and established the temple as a Shikoku sacred site. At the end of the Muromachi period, the Ashikaga shogunate warrior, Michiaki Hiraoka suffered from illness and prayed to the principle deity of the honzon, and he was thrilled with the benefits and helped revive the temple pagoda.
In 1715, in the Edo period, most of the temple treasures and temples were burnt down in wildfire except for the main shrine and the flanking deities, but 70 years later, in 1785, a monk who became a priest from a local village, Takaon worked hard for the temple’s recovery. Takaon went soliciting all over the country while begging to revive the current main hall and other various halls with clean materials. He is also known as a social entrepreneur, and has built eight bridges on the Tosa Kaido from Iwaya-ji Temple to Matsuyama City.A large tree Ibuki-byakshin (city natural monument) over 1,000 years old.

The highlights of Joruriji

Buddhist hands, Buddha foot stone temple, Ichiban Bentendo, and preaching stones (“Please call me. The stone of Ryōjusen is embedded within.”)

Annual events at Joruriji

Peace Prayer Act

Date: August 15

Temple 46 Fudasho: Iouzan Youjyuin Jyoruriji

Access

Location

Jorurimachi 282, Matsuyama, Ehime 791-1133

Tel

089-963-0279

Parking

Available (free)

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

None

From Matsuyama Interchange, take National Route 33 towards Tobe. Turn left at the first crossing after Shigenobu Bridge. Run along prefectural road 23 and turn right at the bus stop Hirose. If you drive towards Kuya, you will find it on your right.
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【Pilgrim’s Song】
The sound of the flute, the wind in the pine, the strings of the koto
Voices of the Law, singing and dancing

History and origin of Jinnein

The 68th, Jinnein, and the 69th, Kannonji temple are located on the hillside of Kotomizan in Kotomikoen Park. It is a very unusual sacred place where two sacred places are located on the same grounds
It is said that it was opened by a high priest of the Hoso sect, Nisshō Shonin. In the 3rd year of the Taihō era, (703). While training in this area, Usa Hachiman appeared to him, a ship floating on the waters and the sound of the koto ringing, the sound rising up the mountain. This was the “Kotobiki Hachimangu”. At this time, the temple was built as a shrine. In 807, Kobo Daishi painted the Amida Nyorai, the main Buddha Kotobiki Hachimangu and revered it as the main deity.

Later, Kotobiki Hachimangu was separated into Kotobiki Shrine and Jinnein by the shrine of Buddhism in the first year of the Meiji era, and Shinkei-in was relocated to the Kannonji precinct at the foot of the temple. At the same time, the Amida statue, which had been enshrined in Hachimangu Shrine, was also moved to Saikondo. Since then, Jinnein has been built with Saikondo (newly built in 2002) as the main hall and Amida Nyorai statue as the main deity.

The highlights of Jinnein

Main Hall, Treasure Hall, Gion (a migratory garden using the slopes, rocks, and flowing water of the mountains). It is said that the 45th Daisei Daimon Masakazu was built. Although it is lost, it is famous for its beautiful azaleas in spring.)

Annual events at Jinnein

fair

Date: January 16th, August 16th

Goma offering

8th and 27th of every month (10: 00 ~)

Temple 68 Fudasho: Shippozan Jinnein

Access

Location

Yahata-cho 1-2-7, Kannonji, Kagawa 768-0061

Tel

0875-25-3871

Parking

Yes

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

http://www.shikoku88-6869.com/

From Onohara Interchange, take National Route 11 and Prefectural Road 8 toward Takamatsu City. Go straight across the JR Yosan Line crossing. If you cross the Zaida River, you will find a parking lot at the foot of Kotonayama.
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【Pilgrim’s Song】
The prayer of the great priest in the cave
There is paradise in the stone

The history and origin of Iwayaji

700m above sea level. It is a typical mountain sacred place where temple sits so that the ridge peaks towards the heavens and is embedded in the middle of a huge rock. The grounds of the temple and where the temple is located seem to have been used by trainees for a long time, and various traditions remain.
Kobo Daishi visited this sacred place in the sixth year of the Kōnin era. At that time, a woman from Tosa had already lived in the rock cave, fulfilled the Hokkesanmai (coming to a state of samadhi—intense concentration through meditation in the Lotus Sutra), and acquired the magical power of flying freely in the air. However, the hermit woman depended heavily on the master’s training and offered the whole mountain to be the temple itself. The Daishi carved wooden and stone statues of Fudou Myou, the wooden statue was enshrined in the main hall as the main statue, and the stone statue was enshrined in a rock cave as the secret Buddha of the Okunoin, and the entire mountain was subjected to be the Honzon as the main statue of the Fudou Myou.

It is recorded that Ippen Shounin, a priest (1239-89) participated and practiced in this burial mound in the middle of the Kamakura period and is also described as “Ippen Kiyoe”. By the end of the 13th century, statues of Fudou Myou, the Goma ritual hearth, Sennin (hermit) hall, 49 caverns, and 33 sacred caverns remained. It was thought to have been the foremost temple of the 44th Daiho-ji Temple for some time, determined in 1907 by the priest of the first generation Shinzan. However, in 1898, the entire mountain was burned down along with the Nio-mon Gate and the Kokuzo-do, as well as various historical materials. The Daishido, one size larger than the main hall, was rebuilt in 1926, and then reconstructed in 1933, the Sanmon in 1992, and the bell tower in 1927. It was erected in 1953, respectively. The Daishi-do is a nationally designated important cultural property, and the temple area is a national scenic spot and a prefectural natural park.

The highlights of Iwayaji

Anzen Zenjo, Michido Fudo, Owari Zenjo (following the mountain path behind the Okunoin and Daishido), Suzuno Otoyamakawa (a song that has the sensation of pilgrimage. Birds, Merciful Birds, Compassionate Birds, Drum Birds, Suzu Birds, Flute Birds, Drum Birds.) Plants discovered for the first time (including iyokujaku, iwayashida, iwayasuge etc.).

Temple 45 Fudasho: Kaiganzan Iwayaji

Access

Location

Kumakogen-cho Nanatori 1468, Kamiukena-gun, Ehime 791-1511

Tel

0892-57-0417

Parking

Available (charged)

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

http://shikoku88-iwayaji.com/

From Matsuyama Interchange, take National Route 33 towards Kuman. Turn left in front of Kuman Junior High School, run along prefectural road 12, and it is on the right hand side, about 3km past Kokuya-shuku Koiwayaso.

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【Pilgrim’s Song】
If the Kannon’s grief is strong,
I’ll pull up my sins

History and origin of Kannonji

It is mentioned in the previous section that Kannonji is located in the same precinct as the 68th and Jinnein temples, and the opening period, foundation time and origin are the same. However, the temple name when it was founded was called “Jinguji Hokkoin”. Since then, it has been traced from Engi to 100 years later. It is said that in the second year of the Daidō era (807), Kobo Daishi entered the mountain as the seventh priest of the temple when he delivered the statue of Amida Nyorai, the principle deity Buddha of Koto Hachiman. It was there that the Daishi built a seven structure temple in the style of Chukindo, Toganedo, and Saikondo, following the Kōfuku-ji Temple of Nara in the middle of the Koto Mountain. A carved statue of the sacred Kanzeon Bodhisattva, the principle deity, was enshrined in the Nakakindo. Furthermore, a pagoda was built in lapis lazuli, coral, and onyx, and others of the “seven treasures” (which are gold, pearls, silver onyx, coral, crystal, and lapis lazuli) were buried here. it is said that the temple name was changed to “Shippozan Kannonji” (Seven Treasure Mountain Kannonji) and designated as a sacred place.

Emperor Kanmu (reigned 781–806) began his rule as the third-generation Emperor, and during the Muromachi period, the son of Ashikaga Takashi, served as the chief priest for 45 years. Temple fortune grew and was prosperous. However, the main Buddha was moved by the Meiji new government’s Shinto-Buddha separation order, and it became a second sacred place within the grounds and there were now two sacred sites within one precinct. The main hall, also called the Kondo, was made with Muromachi period architecture and is an important cultural property designated by the country. The vermilion pillars are colorful. There is a treasure museum on the grounds, including the “Buddha Nirvana Statue” (inside a miniature shrise, Heian-Kamakura period), which is rare as a sculpture, and “Kindan Miyae Engi” (colored, Kamakura period), “Fudo Nijido” In addition to the statue (colored on silk, Muromachi period). In addition there are many important national cultural properties such as the Buddha statues mentioned above and are collected.

The highlights of Kannonji

Kotou Shrine Eiki, the oldest graffiti

Temple 69 Fudasho: Shippozan Kannonji

Access

Location

Yahata-cho 1-2-7, Kannonji, Kagawa 768-0061

Tel

0875-25-3871

Parking

Yes

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

http://www.shikoku88-6869.com/

From Onohara Interchange to National Highway 11 / Prefectural Road 8 toward Takamatsu City. Go straight across the JR Yosan Line crossing. If you cross the Zaida River, you will find a parking lot at the foot of Kotonayama.
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【Pilgrim’s Song】
The world of sorrow’s grace is Mt. Sugou
Finally the oath of Amitabha is sworn

History and origin of Daigoji

The road from 43rd Sacred Site, Meisekiji, is about 80km long, followed by the difficult part of overpasses. Just half of the 88 sites in the Shikoku sacred sites, it is said to be a “middle fudasho”. Located at an altitude of 579m, surrounded by the Shikoku Mountains, old trees stand in the grounds and there is an atmosphere of solitude.
Engi dates this temple back to the time of the Yamato Imperial Court. A priest who arrived in the morning from Baekje laid the eleven-faced Kannon statue in the mountains. In the first year of the Taihō era, Myojin Ukyo from Aki (Hiroshima), a hunter of a brother named Hayato, found the eleven-faced Kannon image in the grass and worshiped it in a thatched hut. When Emperor Bunbu (reign 697-707) heard of this, he immediately gave his order and built the temple, “Daihoji”. Kobo Daishi visited this place about 120 years later, in the 13th year of the Kōnin era. After esoteric training was completed it was designated as the Shikoku Pilgrimage Mid-Point Fudasho, and was changed from the Tendai sect to the Shingon sect.

In the Ninpei era, year 2 (1152), the whole mountain was burned down. However, Emperor Goshirakawa (reigned 1155-58) prayed for healing the illness in the Hōgen era (1156-59), and the temple was rebuilt here. It was made to be an Imperial Temple. At this time, he was given the royal sum to “Sugoyama” and had a monastery with a seven structure temple built, and at the peak of activity there were about 48 monks in Yamauchi.
After that, it was burned down again in the Tensho War but revived with the donation of the Matsuyama feudal lord. In the middle of the Edo period, it became a place of prayer for the Matsudaira family.

The highlights of Daigoji

Kumayama Farmer Ichijo, Ling Gongen, Sasazuka (Established when operating the 33rd deceased law)

Temple 44 Fudasho: Sugozan Daikakuin Daihoji

Access

Location

Kumakogen-cho Sugou 2-1173, Kamiukena-gun Ehime 791-1205

Tel

0892-21-0044

Parking

Available (free)

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

Yes (150 people, reservation required)

Website

None

From the Matsuyama Interchange, take National Route 33 towards Kuman. At the next traffic light after passing the Kuman Police Station, turn left and follow prefectural road 12. Turn right in front of Kuman Park and turn left after passing the Kuman Art Museum.
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【Pilgrim’s Song】
For one who plants flowers in Motoyama
Spring comes eagerly

The history and origin of Motoyamaji

In all the Shikoku Sacred Sites, only four other places have five-storied pagodas: Chikurinji, Shidoji, Zentsuji and Honzanji. It was erected in 3rd year of the Tenryaku era(950), but was severely damaged and rebuilt in 43rd year of the Meiji era (1910). In addition, the principle deity is the Batō (horse-headed) Kannon Bodhisattva, the only one in Shikoku. A statue of a horse stands beside the main hall where the temple is enshrined.
In the second year of the Daidō era, (807), Kobo Daishi established the Seventieth Fudasho at the behest of Emperor Heijō. At that time, it was called “Chofukuji”, and legend of the main hall is that Daishi erected it a single night. The vast grounds of about 20,000 square meters includes the main hall which is a national treasure, the Niomon gate, the five-storied pagoda, the guardian hall, the Daishido, the Ten Kings hall, the red hall (the hall of Mahavairocana, the Great Sun Buddha), the memorial hall, the bell tower, and also the guest hall. It is all reminiscent of the time when the temple was prosperous.

When the Chosokabe army invaded the main hall during the Tensho War, a priest was put to the sword and blood flowed from the right hand of Amida Nyorai who was at the side of Buddha. It is said that the main hall escaped the fire because the troops who were shocked at this departed immediately. This Buddha is called the “Tachi uke no Mita”, the “Sword Receiving Amitabha”. After that, it changed its name to “Honzan Temple”.

The highlights of Motoyamaji

Main Hall, Five-storied Pagoda, Nioumon (Japanese style gates with three styles: Japanese, Tang and Tengu). (A small company that retains the style of the late Muromachi period. It has a simple appearance with a thatched-roofed roof. It is a designated cultural asset of the prefecture.)

Annual events at Motoyamaji

Five-story pagoda special tour

Date: May consecutive holidays (May 3-6)

Cucumber incantations

The date and time: July day

Trout sink

Date: August 23, 19:00

Hidamari Market

Date: Last Sunday in September

Goma Prayer Meeting

Date: 28th of every month 9: 00 ~

Temple 70 Fudasho: Shippozan Jihoin Motoyamaji

Access

Location

Toyonakacho Motoyama Ko 1445, Mitoyo, Kagawa 769-1506

Tel

0875-62-2007

Parking

Yes

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

None

From Sanuki Toyonaka Interchange to Route 11 toward Kannonji city. Turn right at the intersection of Motoyama Bridge Kitazume and go straight. You can see the five-storied pagoda at Motoyamaji and there is a parking lot on the left.
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【Pilgrim’s Song】
If you listen to the thousand mysterious vows of Senjukannon
Massive stones can be lifted

History and origin of Meisekiji

In Uwa-cho, Seiyo City, where Meisekiji is located, in addition to the Ehime Prefectural Museum of History and Culture, the Kaimei School of Uwa Culture Village, the Shrine, and the ancient remains of Koya Choei’s retreat and many ancient tombs It is a town of history and culture. Meisekiji also has a mysterious history.
First of all, this land has been revered since ancient times as a spiritual place where the Senju Kannon Bodhisattva is incarnated as a maiden. In the first half of the 6th century, by the request of Emperor Kinmei (reign 532-71), a shrine named Enshuin Masasumi built a seven-structured temple in this place to enshrine the statue of Senju Kannon, a Buddha from the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the origin was. Later, in the year 734 (Tenpyō era, year 6), a party named Kotobuki (5th generation from the executive officer Kosaku) solicited 12 concessions from Kishu Kumano, built 12 monk’s dwellings and handed down the light of Buddhism as the central dojo of the Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating both Shinto and Buddhist philosophies.

Kobo Daishi visited this area in the 13th year of the Kōnin era, 882. After seeing the ruined temple, Daishi beseeched the Emperor Saga (reign 809-23) and received a mandate. After that, it was Minamoto Yoritomo that restored the ruined temple after the Kamakura period. In 1194, Yoritomo dedicated the statue of Amitabha Nyorai , the lifesaver, enshrined the statue of Amida Nyorai, and changed the name to the present Meisekiji.
Since then, the temple’s reputation has been increasing, and during the Muromachi period, it became a place of prayer for the lord of the Saionji family, and in the Edo period, it became a place of prayer for the Uwajima feudal lord, the Date family.

The highlights of Meisekiji

God Buddha Xuangu / Hondo / Happy Kannon (Kannon with a benevolent face on the back of the guest hall, wearing a kimono with a length of over 2m, and a water cistern on the left)

Temple 43 Fudasho: Genkouzan Enshuin Meisekiji

Access

Location

Uwacho Ageishi 205, Seiyo Ehime 797-0007

Tel

0894-62-0032

Parking

vailable (free of charge) * Large bus / medium-sized bus 1000 yen, microbus 500 yen

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

None

Proceed on Route 56 from JR Ashinomachi Station and turn left at Shingo in front of the Uwa Police Station. Then turn left at the next Shingo and turn left before Iwase River.
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【Pilgrim’s Song】
Butsumokuji where both grass and trees can become Buddha
Yet reliable devils from heaven

History and origin of Butsumokuji

Butsumokuji, where the legend of Kobo Daishi rode on the back of the cow is handed down, has a small hall called a “livestock hall” on the grounds. Miniature cattle and horse grass, as well as ceramic cattle and horses and plains are dedicated. A nearby farmer went to worship at the end of rice planting, went home after receiving a cow talisman card, and stuck it on the pillar of the barn. In the past, he prayed for the safety of livestock, but recently, he has been making offerings for the spirits of animals in general, including pets, and is also spreading religion to bullfight breeders.
In the second year of the Daidō era, Kobo Daishi met an old man who pulled cows here. When he rode on the back of the cow after being invited to do so, he saw a jewel on the treetop of a large hōshu (mani jewel) and light shining from it. When he looked closely, he realized this was a jewel that he had thrown toward the east together with the trident vajra (mystical weapon used in Hinduism and Buddhism, and symbol of the indestructible truth) so that when Daishi came home from Tang, he knew that this was the chosen land. Daishi realized that this place was a spiritual place, and decided to build the temple. The Daishi himself carved a statue of Dainichi Nyorai of camphorwood with a spear and buried the jewel in his forehead to make it a “byakugou” (a whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha). This is enshrined as the main treasure, named “Ikkazan Buddhist Temple”, and it is said that he has dedicated the first volume of “The Heart Sutra” and “Avatamsaka Sutra” (The Flower Garland Sutra), written in cursive form.

Afterwards, the temple became a Buddha of Ushima Safety, and gathered faith as Daisama. In the Kamakura period, it became a prayer for the Uwajima lord and the Saionji family, and the Bodanji Temple. During the Sengoku period, it was forced to go through hardships, such as being struck by war, but it was revived by rebuilding its face and is now full of vitality.
Later, the temple grew and people gathered to worship the guardian Buddha and Dainichi, the guardians of livestock safety, and during the Kamakura period, became a place of prayer for the Saionji family of the Uwajima clan, and became a prosperous temple. During the Sengoku period, it struggled with difficulties, such as being afflicted by the war, but later worked hard to become rebuilt and form a renewed disposition.

Highlights of Butsumokuji

Honson, Dainichi Nyorai Statue, Livestock Hall, Belfry Hall (roof is rare in Shikoku Sacred Sites. Rebuilt in Genroku Period (1688-1704))

Annual events at Butsumokuji

Revision meeting

Date: January 1

Star Festival

Date: February 3

Dainichi Nyorai Festival

Date: April 19

Flower Festival

Date: May 5

Kiuri Seal Prayer Meeting

Date: July Day

Temple 42 Fudasho: Ikkazan Birushanain Butsumokuji

Access

Location

Mikuma-cho Sunawachi 1683, Uwajima, Ehime 798-1102

Tel

0895-58-2216

Parking

Available (free)

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

None

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【Pilgrim’s Song】
Though separated by rank the road to Iyadaniji is hard
Grow better and closer in the same way together

The history and origin of Iyadaniji

About the founding

Established about 1300 years ago. By the imperial edict of the 45th Emperor Shoumu. It is said that the foundation of the temple was founded by Gyoki Bodhisattva who built the temple, for the purposes of healing illness for Empress Kōmyō. In addition to the Avatamsaka Sutra, the temple treasure contains a holy scripture that was created around 724 in the Tenpyō era, and at least the temple was erected before 724. It is known that it was founded about 50-100 years before Daishi’s birth (774).

Sacred Mountain of Faith

It is said that Mt. Iyadaniji, where Iyataniyama Temple is located, has been worshiped as a sacred mountain (Buddha’s Mountain) since ancient times, and is considered one of the three largest sacred sites in Japan. From ancient times, people believed that Buddha and God lived in the mountains, and that mountain was called the sacred mountains (called “Reihou”) and was believed to be the object of faith. It is said to be one of (Heijishinkou). According to the sacred mountain faith of Iyataniyama, “The cave beside the water place under the main hall is said to be the entrance to the gods and Buddha’s shrine. And there are innumerable doted places of “Magaibutsu” (Buddha) carved by students holding spiritual faith. In addition, such faith is still remains today, and a water ritual that cleans the trees with sacred water flows from the top of the mountain is religiously observed with the mantra called “Suikyogi” on paper thin pieces of wood. The water from the mountain flowing down from the summit washes clean these items.

Lion Stones

It is said that Kobo Daishi was studying at Iwaya when was 9-12 years old.

Also, since the foundation of the temple, the cave at the back of this Iwaya is said to have been used as a repository for sutras and documents, and the Daishi took a sacred scriptures from this repository, and the light from the cave window (Window of the Morning Star), studying day and night It is said that from this light he was greatly encouraged.

Iwaya’s shape is called “Shishi no Iwaya” as it has the appearance of a lion roaring, and from the Buddhist faith that, “The lion’s roar is the same as the Buddha’s preaching”. Through reverent devotion and coming before this cave, it is said that by doing so, it is said that “The lion will eat all calamities and protect itself.”

Hora Jizouson (Jizo of the Cave)

Jizo is said to heal those who suffer from diseases that are above the neck. You can worship from the inside of Daishido on the way to “Shishi no Iwaya” (Lion’s Cave) You can sit down and look up 10 meters above the rock wall and see the figure.

The highlights of Iyadaniji

Daishido Main Hall, Shishi no Iwaya, Maison Sanson Magaibutsu (It is said that Daishi was engraved on the rock wall on the way from Daishido to the main hall. It is said that you can

Annual events at Iyadaniji

Student association

Date: January 1

Breathing disaster memorial / setsubun

Date: February 3

Eiyo Keizai Sand Holding Law Association / Spring Branch (Spring watering)

Date: March 20-21

Breathing protection

Date: May 20

Honsonkai (summer water supply)

Date: July 17

Akibun Higan Bank Law Association

Winter Solstice

Date: December 22

Temple 71 Fudasho: Kengozan Seijyuin Iyadaniji

Access

Location

Mino-cho Omi Otsu 70, Mitoyo, Kagawa 767-0031

Tel

0875-72-3446

Parking

Yes

Shukubo
(TempleLodging)

None

Website

https://iyadanizi.xsrv.jp/

From Sanuki Toyonaka Interchange to Takamatsu City, take National Route 11 / Prefectural Route 48. Run along Fureai Park Mino’s sign, and there is a parking lot on the right.
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