Virtual Hachioji 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #32 Manpuku-ji Temple

 

     Manpuku-ji Temple was founded either in 1233 or 1234 by Priest Seikai.

     In 1230 and 1231, the Great Kanki Famine hit Japan.  On June 7, 1230, it snowed in Musashi Province.  On July 16, there was frost.  By the spring, 1231, people had eaten up food, and one third of people had died.  In 1232, Hojo Yasutoki (1183-1242), the third Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, promulgated the Formulary of Adjudications, the legal code of the Kamakura shogunate, to stabilize the samurai society.  Within a couple of years, Manpuku-ji Temple was founded presumably to mourn for those who died in the famine.

Address: 235 Midoricho, Hachioji, Tokyo 193-0932

Phone: 042-622-4750