Virtual Miura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #0 Kosho-ji Temple

     Miura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in 1192, at the beginning of the Kamakura Shogunate.

     One night, Arya Avalokitesvara appeared in the dream of a villager.  He followed the message and dug out the Arya Avalokitesvara statue.  Villagers built a hermitage, and put an earthenware pot instead of mani on the top of the roof.  The statue came to be called Kame-kuri Kannon (namely, Pot Hermitage Avalokitesvara).

     The statue is also said to have been carved by Gyoki (668-749).  How could they know who had carved the statue when they dug it out?

     Kosho-ji Temple itself was founded in 1430 by Priest Santetsu.

Address: 2473 Hassemachi, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0112

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