Virtual Shimousa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #26 Horin-ji Temple

     It is unknown when Horin-ji Temple was founded.  Tradition says that a nun visited the temple in 1389.  The temple provided her a room for a night.  Next morning, when she left the temple, she paid back the temple’s favor with a ginkgo seed.  The seed grew into a 30-meter tall tree with a circumference of 14 meters at the root.  Even when famines hit Nadogaya Village, people survived eating its ginkgo nuts.  Now, the tree is the tallest in Kashiwa City.

Address: 1046 Nadogaya, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0032

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