Virtual Yokohama City 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #17 Tentoku-ji Temple

     Tentoku-ji Temple is on the side of a hill today, but used to be located at the foot of it.  The reason for the relocation in 1700 is unknown.  The temple used to have the Ksitigarbha Hall, which used to be at the foot of the hill till 1925, even after the relocation of the temple.  In 1925, the hall was abolished and the statue was removed to the main hall of the temple.  It is also unknown why it was moved late.

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