Sando of Chusonji Temple - Nishiiwai District

I used the parking lot on the slope, so it was the last time I passed here ...

To visit Chuson-ji Temple, you need to walk up the mountain along Omotesando, which is more than 1 km.

The entrance to Chusonji Temple. Climbing becomes hard from here. Walk for about 15 minutes to the Golden Hall

The entrance to the road is accompanied by a statue of a Jizo Bodhisattva. There are auxiliary equipment to help you climb the hill without slipping. You can pick it up in the box and return it at the end of the road. There is another parallel asphalt road next to the road, which is smaller. It is turned up from the parking lot. In the center of the road, there is a stairway to Yuemisaka Hachimando. You can turn to the asphalt road. It is better to go. Meet. There is a toilet at the end. The mountain name of Chuson-ji Temple is called Guanshan. Legend has it that it was created in the 3rd year of Jiaxiang (850) by Yuanren, a compassionate master of Yanli Temple at Birui Mountain. Yuan Ren is the third-generation lord of the Tiantai Sect, and is also a famous monk who is the author of One of the Three Greatest Travel Travels in the World, The Rite of the Tang Dynasty. Later, at the beginning of the 12th century, the early Qing Dynasty of Houzhou Fujiwara undertook the construction and improvement of a large-scale tower. Regarding the temple scale, according to the official record of the Akamura Shogunate, "Azumiko Mirror", "the number of temple towers is more than 40, and the number of zen rooms (monk houses, monks' quarters) is 300 or more." Qingheng founded Zhongzun Temple to sacrifice the people who died during the long-term war in the Northeast (the first nine years and the last three years) in the second half of the 11th century. A clear Buddhist land (a peaceful and ideal society achieved through the spread of Buddhism) on the border and in the Northeast. Qingheng described "Zhongzun Temple" as "the site of the Buddhas and Mounters" in "Zhongzun Temple Establishing Offerings". Just be in this field (area). If you enter the worship area of ​​Zhongzun Temple, everyone will be touched by the Buddha's hand and praised, "Ah, here you are, here you are." "The Field of the Buddhas' Roofs" means a "sacred place" that can be directly touched by the merits of the Buddhas. The second-generation Keheng inherited his father's ambitions and proposed the construction of a larger Maoyue Temple than Zhongzun Temple. The third-generation Xiuheng completed this ambition and also built Wuliang Guangyuan. Also nearby is the Ruins of the Ruins of the Palace, which are presumed to be the site of the Fujiwara Government Office in Oshu. Perhaps there were various institutions that governed the Northeast. Hiraizumi has prospered as a "pioneer of local cities in Japan" for almost 100 years. Mutsu was once the "Hiraizumi century" without war. However, the traditional authority of Kyoto, the source of Kamakura's dynasty forces, and Hiraizumi's respective powers are head-to-head, and the situation becomes severe. At this time, Yuan Yijing, who had been active in the battles of Genpei, Ichigani, and Yashima, opposed his brother Lai Chao and fled to Hiraizumi. Soon, Xiu Heng, who protected the Yi Jing, died of illness, and the fourth generation of Thai Heng, following him, suffered from Lai Chao's pressure. He attacked the Yi Jing in 5 years (1189) and forced suicide in April. Taiheng himself was also attacked by Lai Chao, and the Oshu Fujiwara family died.

You will be walking on a gentle mountain road, but in the summer it is a wonderful road surrounded by greenery.

I went on a solo trip for the first time in mid-October 2020. You will have to walk quite a bit from the foot of the mountain, but you can feel how big the scale of Chusonji is. A place I've always wanted to visit since I was a junior high school student I was walking at Tension MAX under great weather.

It is the entrance to the approach to Chusonji Temple. From here to the main hall, there is an uphill slope called Tsukimizaka.

December 2020: The approach is off limits due to snow. I had no choice but to go on a road without a sidewalk. The ice barn near the entrance of the municipal parking lot raises anxiety.