Shotengu Saikoji - 2 Chome-5-27 Minoo

The thing with the relationship of the actor. Kobo Daishi is also enshrined and it is a very good temple. I would like to visit you again at the turn of the season.

From Minoo Station, on the east side of the waterfall road, uphill in a residential area. November 30, 2020. I visited when the autumn leaves were beautiful. A small temple. There is also a torii gate because there is also Kangiten. ^ _ ^. The autumn leaves were beautiful.

Shotengu Saikoji Temple Minoyama developed as a mountain training dojo centered on Taki, and was opened in 658 by an official. When the actor trained at Minoh Otaki, Minohyama rang and the light shined, and the great sacred Kangiten who turned into an old man appeared. Promise ,. Therefore, it is the first Nemoto sacred place in Japan that enshrines Kangiten and the Eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva. It is politely enshrined as an actor (En no Gyōja) = Godhen Daibodhisattva everywhere. If you don't know it, please go to "En no Gyōja", "En no Gyōja", "Kamihen Daibosatsu" and so on.

One of the temples of the Koyasan Shingon sect in Minoh Park, which was one of the monks of Minoh Temple (Ryuanji), came to be called Shotengu Saikoji Temple, and was called Settsu Kokujingu Temple until around the Meiji era. When the actor saw the spiritual light in the north direction, he chased the light on Mt. Minoo, and at that Mt. Minoo, he met Daisho Kangiten, who turned into an old man, and taught that there was a waterfall in the depths of the mountain from the old man. It was the first Kangiten sacred place in Japan, and Minoh began when he was told, "This mountain is my territory, but I will give it to you, so build a cathedral here." Due to the nature of the gods and Buddhas, the principal idol, Daisho Kangiten, originally has the form of Shinto and Buddha training, and is also a temple called Nishieji and a shrine called Seitenkyu. On 21/06/21, when I told the chief priest that I had visited the Seven Lucky Gods along the Hankyu line about 50 years ago, it seems that the surroundings haven't changed much since then. It was a story. This time, I was instructed to take a shortcut from Takimichi to Nishieji, and I walked on a road close to the mountains, but on the way back to Hankyu Minoo Station, it was certainly a narrow alley and a row of old houses. I thought it might be exactly what the priest said because I was walking around. However, the hydrangea was put in the chozubachi, and it was nice to know that it was a cherished temple.

A venerable temple on the way from Minoo Station to Otaki. It is one of the seven gods of good fortune in the western part of Japan along the Hankyu line. The principal image is the Daisho Kangiten, where En no Gyōja, who opened this temple, appeared during his training at Otaki. It was the end of November, so the autumn leaves were beautiful.

2021/11/28 Autumn leaves in full bloom ♪ It is smaller than other temples and shrines, and there are no vending machines or souvenir shops, but you can enjoy the contrast between the yellow and green leaves and the sky, which are dyed red and beautifully more than anywhere else. From the police box in front of the station, turn right (east), turn left (north) at the intersection with the stream, and climb the slope to reach this place. If you go straight from the station to the waterfall, you can't come here, so it's always open. If you go further on the climbed road, it will be a long descent, and if you continue straight on, it will lead to the road to Otaki.