🇯🇵[Ehime Prefecture] Heijo-san Kanjizai Temple, 40th of the 88 Sacred Places of Shikoku

🇯🇵 [Ehime Prefecture] Shikoku 88 Temples, 40th Temple, Heijo-san Kanjizai-ji Heijo-san Kanjizai-ji is a temple of the Shingon sect Daikakuji school in Ehime Prefecture! In the second year of the Daido era (807), Kobo Daishi visited this place at the request of the 51st Emperor Heijo, and created three statues of Yakushi Nyorai (principal image), Amida Nyorai (side image), and Eleven-Headed Kannon (both of the eleven-headed valiant mercy), which he placed in the temple and established the temple (^^) Even now, nearly 1,200 years later, it is still crowded with pilgrims from all over the country as the main training center for prayers for protection from misfortune at the Shikoku Pilgrimage. [Location] 2253-1, Misozou Heijo, Ainan-cho, Minamiuwa-gun, Ehime Prefecture #0 yen trip