Iwama-dera - Otsu

Saigoku 33 Kannon No. 12 Iwamayama Shohoji Temple (Iwama Temple) It is a gentle road from the parking lot (free) to the main hall. The admission fee will be collected at the main hall. It's also famous for lightning protection temples!

Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, No. 12 Fudasho, a temple in the mountains, where a large tree was spectacular around, it seems that a big ginkgo tree protects it for some reason in front of the main hall I tasted the feeling.

It is easy to reach by following the signs from the direction of Ishiyamadera and climbing the mountain path. It is a temple in the mountains. Iwama-dera is a famous temple for sealing bokeh. Bokeh-sealed kawara senbei is recommended as a souvenir.

I visited 33 places in Saigoku. You can park your car in the free parking lot and pay the entrance fee of 500 yen at the main hall. I really felt a spiritual test here. It is wonderful. The famous Furuike was more modern than I expected

I visited the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, The landmark of the lower world is Family Mart, the signboard is Okumiya Shrine, and the Ishiyama Golf Driving Range is easy to understand. And in front of you is a concrete building, is this a parking lot? Is it okay if 5.6 units are used (up to the signboard and red flag in the back)? I wonder if the Buddha, who escaped from the main hall at night in such a mountain and was able to go around the lower world and hell and return with sweat, was also able to return to the mountain road like this. Don't miss the pond on the side of the main hall, which was the setting for Basho Matsuo's "Furuike and the sound of water jumping into the frogs"! The voice of water and wind is also comfortable, Gassho.

[The Thirty-Three Views of the Western Kingdom, the twelfth episode] 【Iwajian Mountain · Zhengbo Temple】 Shohoji is located in the valley of Mt. Iwama at an altitude of 443m at the junction of Otsu City in Shiga Prefecture and Uji City in Kyoto Prefecture. Because there are many temples called Shohoji, it is also called Iwagenji. Zhengfa Temple is the twelfth of the thirty-three schools in the Western Kingdom. ぼ け じ The fourth part of the Kinki Ten 楽観 sound field, And the second part of the twenty-seven ancient temples in the west of the lake in the one hundred and eight spiritual fields of Lake Biwa. In the sixth year of the old age (722), Taisumi, the founder of Kaga Hakusan, established the Shohōji Temple as a reward for curing the 33-year-old Emperor Motosho's ill fortune by magic. A long time ago, this place was as famous as Kumano and Yoshino and prospered as one of the three sacred places in Japan due to the respect of the emperors of the past, including the emperors of Goshira River (ごしらかわ), Gouta (ごうだ) and Maschinachi . In the sixth year of his retirement, Taisong, who fulfilled his wish for Emperor Yuanzheng's recovery from his illness, in the same year, on the way to found the Hebai Mountain, when he visited Iwajian Mountain in search of a spiritual place, he felt a thousand hands from a huge osmanthus tree. Because of the existence of Dharani, he used the osmanthus tree to carve a life-size statue of the Thousand-handed Avalokitesvara, and enshrined the chanting Buddha of Emperor Yuanzheng in his belly as the main Buddha of Zhengfa Temple. Legend has it that this Guanyin deity will slip out of the cabinet of the shrine every night at sunset, run through the one hundred and thirty-six hells, rescue all the suffering people, and rush back to the sun at sunrise. I was sweating profusely when I was in Mt. Yanjian, so it is also called "Kuan Yin who sweats like rain".

One of the 33 places in Saigoku. It is in the mountains. The chief priest is also very cheerful and talks about various things, so even beginners at the temple can enjoy it. It is said that many people come by hiking depending on the season. It's a place rich in nature, so it might be fun to do that.