08 Shikoku pilgrimage : Kumadani-ji Hōrin-ji
Kumadani-ji (熊谷寺) Temple Number 08 Shikoku pilgrimage
Temple gallery Kumadani-ji
The Kumadani-ji Temple is the eighth of the 88 temples of the Shikoku pilgrimage. Kumadani-ji means Temple of the Bear Valley.
The impressive main gate (sanmon) of the Kumadaniji Temple was built in 1687 and is considered one of the most beautiful of all pilgrimage temples.
In the garden of Kumadani-ji Temple, there is a pine tree wich looks like a dragon.
| 4,3km Jūraku-ji |
08Temple No.08 Kumadani-ji / 第八番札所 熊谷寺
Bear Valley Temple 08Kumadani-ji / 熊谷寺 |
2,4km Hōrin-ji |
Fondation | Kōnin period year 6 (815) | ||||||||||||||
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| Godhead | Senjū Kannon | |||||||||||||||||
| Sect | Koya-san Shingon | |||||||||||||||||
| Honzon mantra |
| Goeika | Daijō no hihōmo togamo hirugaeshi tenbōrin no entokosokike | |||||||||||||||
| Place | Awa-Tokushima / Phone: +81 88-695-2065 | |||||||||||||||||
| Address | 〒771-1506 Tokushima-ken, Awa-shi, Donarichō Donari, Maeda−185 〒771-1506 徳島県阿波市土成町土成字前田185 | |||||||||||||||||
| Google Maps | https://goo.gl/maps/1eKgYCyNcJ22 / Coord Maps 34.120886, 134.339815 | |||||||||||||||||
| Accomodation | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 20 places / Coord Maps 34.121028,134.3402415 | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4,3km Jūraku-ji |
08Temple No.08 Kumadani-ji / 第八番札所 熊谷寺
08Kumadani-ji / 熊谷寺 |
2,4km Hōrin-ji |
Fondation | Kōnin period year 6 (815) |
|---|---|---|
| Godhead | Senjū Kannon | |
| Sect | Koya-san Shingon | |
| Honzon mantra | Goeika | Daijō no hihōmo togamo hirugaeshi tenbōrin no entokosokike |
| Place | Awa-Tokushima / Phone: +81 88-695-2065 | |
| Address | 〒771-1506 Tokushima-ken, Awa-shi, Donarichō Donari, Maeda−185 〒771-1506 徳島県阿波市土成町土成字前田185 | |
| Google Maps | https://goo.gl/maps/1eKgYCyNcJ22 / Coord Maps 34.120886, 134.339815 | |
| Accomodation | NO | |
| Parking | 20 places / Coord Maps 34.121028,134.3402415 | |
| Website | ||
Temple history :
The temple was founded by Kōbō Daishi in the year 815, he carved a large statue of Senju Kannon Bosatsu and placed a smaller one inside. According to legend, this little statue of Kannon Bosatsu come from a shinto kami (deity). In 1927, a fire destroyed the main hall and Dashi Hall. Because of the war, reconstruction was not completed until 1960
Useful information:
Shikoku Pilgrimage Temple Number08 Kumadani-ji : Access
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- Access from temple #7 Jūraku-ji
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- Access plan to daishido and hondo Temple #08 Kumadani-ji
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- Path to the next Temple #9 Hōrin-ji
http://henro.fr/en/en/?post_type=temple&p=2877
Meteo : Kumadani-ji Awa, Tokushima prefecture
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