Virtual Old Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #31 Chofuku-ji Temple

 

     In 725, Gyoki carved the statue of Sahasrabhuja, who has 1,000 arms, and enshrined it on Bokkedai Hill.  The statue has been Called Tateyama Kannon.

     The building for the statue survived the 1616, 1633, and 1703 Earthquakes.  But the statue was finally moved to Chofuku-ji Temple after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923.

     When people outside Awa Province, especially those from Edo, went on Old Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, they used to visit Chofuku-ji Temple last and sailed out of Numa Port to leave the province.

Address: 928 Tateyama, Chiba 294-0036

Phone: 0470-22-1981