Virtual Old Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #14 Shinsho-ji Temple

    

     Shinsho-ji Temple used to be the shrine temple of Heguriten Shrine, which is located at the foot of Mt. Iyo, which is the only mountain with a peak in Chiba Prefecture, while other mountains in the prefecture have gentle figures.  Mt. Iyo had been a holy spot to pray for rain even before Hosokawa Kiyouji (?-1362) invited Tenjin, the deification of Sugawara Michizane (845-903), from Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto to build Heguriten Shrine in 1353.

The Gods and Buddhas Separation Order was issued by the Meiji Restoration Government in 1868.  And Shinsho-ji Temple was abolished in 1872.

Address: 405 Hegurinaka, Minamiboso, Chiba 299-2204