Virtual Ika 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #1 Kannon-ji Temple

     Saicho (767-822) is believed to have founded Kannon-ji Temple.  Priest Yuzan revived it in 1670’s.

     The main deity is the statue of Arya Avalokitesvara, which is said to have been carved at the beginning of the Edo Period or earlier.  It’s 1.51 meters tall and its eyeballs are made of gems, which represent the sunlight and the moonlight.