Virtual Hachioji 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #24 Rensho-in Temple

 

     There used to be a Rensho-in Temple, which burned down in the Hachioji Air Raid.  After 00:00 on August 2, 169 Boeing B-29 Superfortresses raided Hachioji City, dropping 1600 tons of incendiary bombs for about 2 hours.  2.9 out of 3.5 square kilometers of urban area was burned, including Rensho-in Temple.  The temple's 1000-armed Sahasrabhuja statue was saved and moved to Kisei-ji Temple at Yokoyama-cho, Hachioji.

     Due to the land readjustment in the area in 1949 after World War II, Kisei-ji Temple was merged with Jikinyu-in Temple, the 25th temple of the Hachioji 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

Address: 20 Okadomachi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0054