Jokenji Temple - Tōno

The neighboring brook has a legend about Kappa and it is very wonderful. Kao fishing can also be done using cucumbers as food! !!

The beautiful scenery and the beautiful river are also beautiful. When I fished in the river of the temple in the actual experience, I got a cucumber ? wwwww it was fun

Sōtō school. According to one theory, it is said to be the family temple of the Abe family. There is a guardian dog in the temple, and the guardian dog has a plate, which is amazing.

When you go to Jokenji Temple, there is "Kappabuchi" nearby, so why not stop by? It seems that if you capture a kappa, you will get a prize of 10 million!

I passed when I went to Kappa-buchi, but I couldn't pass after hours. There is a kappa in the money box. Large trees with moss are rare.

It is a temple to pass when going to Kappa Pass from the parking lot of Denshoen. It is a pretty finish that is something like a king statue.

When you go to the cup abyss, you pass through the grounds of Jokenji. There is a statue of Niou transferred from Hayaikemine Shrine at Sanmon. There are also Kappa guard dogs on the grounds.

There is Kappa Pool near Jokenji Temple. Tono's kappa is called Aka Kappa and is red in color. Because of the basin, Tono is quite cold even in Iwate. Kappa seems to drink a lot of alcohol to survive the winter. It seems that the body turned red due to the severe cold. The plate above the kappa's head contains the water that is the source of the kappa's energy. If you are challenged by a sumo-loving kappa, you have no chance of winning. It seems that even life is dangerous. However, there are countermeasures. I will bow from here before the game. The kappa is polite, so he says, "Oh, thank you! This is it." At that time, the water on the plate on the head overflows and the kappa seems to lose energy. It seems that if you take a good chance and throw it away, you will only hurt your arm. My grandfather, born in the 2nd year of the Taisho era, told me. When I was young, my grandpa looked like a coward and cried secretly. Buddhist teachings say that killing is not good. Older people live with faith and land and end their lives. The priest of Jokenji Temple of the previous generation should have handwritten "Under the Nursing" somewhere. The last time I saw it, it was so blurred that I couldn't see the letters. It's an arbitrary interpretation, but ... I'm always looking at my feet, whether the path I've walked is correct, how to correct the trajectory if it's wrong, how to open up the future path ... When I stumble in my life or get lost, I remember this "under the guard". I remember Jokenji Temple and my hometown. Mysteriously, the hesitation disappears naturally. I am proud to be a Soto sect because there is Jokenji Temple. By the way, I'm Protestant now. I grew up in Tono, and I am very grateful to the successive priests of Bodaiji. I talked about Tono's Kappa episode, which was directly transmitted by my grandfather, so please think about Kappa while looking at the cucumbers hung in the stream. You will be amazed at the freshness of the summer cucumbers (laughs) And I would be grateful if you would love Jokenji, a temple that has been loved by the region for a long time and still lives with the locals, healed by the idyllic scenery of Tono!