Virtual Old Kamakura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #1 Shin-Seisui-ji Temple

     Shin-Seisui-ji Temple, or New Seisui-ji Temple, was founded by Hojo Masako (1157-1225), who embraced Kiyomizu-dera Temple, whose Chinese-style pronunciation can be Seisui-ji.

     On January 12, 1258, a big fire in Kamakura burned down the temple, and its main deity, the iron Arya Avalokitesvara statue, got missing.  Years later, the iron statue was dug out from a well nearby.  Probably, a monk or two threw the statue in the well to shelter the statue from the fire.  They built a shrine for it near the well.  Due to the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868, the shrine was abolished, and the iron statue was moved to O-Kannon-ji Temple in Tokyo.

Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture 248-0005

Okannon-ji Temple

Address: 1 Chome-18-9 Nihonbashiningyocho, Chuo City, Tokyo 103-0013

Phone: 03-3667-7989