Virtual Yokohama City 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #12 Ganjo-ji Temple

     One day, Gyoki (668-749) was on his way to the Eastern Provinces and felt thirsty.  When he was looking for water, a turtle creeped out.  He dug the roadside, and a spring gushed forth.  He built a hut there.  He also put his walking stick on the wayside, and it rooted as a cherry tree to live till the beginning of the 20th century.  Priest Ganyu lived in the hut, and made it Ganjo-ji Temple in 1538.

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