Virtual Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #31 Togaku-ji Temple

     Togaku-ji Temple was founded by Priest Joyo sometime between 1558 and 1569.

     At the beginning of the 1570's, Yohachiro lived in Horie Village.  One day, his mother picked up a doll-like something in the beach, brought it home, and kept it in a toy box.  Epidemic hit the village, and all his family but he got sick.  He visited Joko-ji Temple at Kinegawa in the same county to pray to its Bhaisajyaguru statue for his family's recovery.  The priest of the temple, however, told him that he had a Bhaisajyaguru statue at home.  He hurried back home to find a statue of Bhaisajyaguru sitting on a turtle in the toy box.  He enshrined it in Togaku-ji Temple.

Address: 2 Chome−4−27 Horie, Urayasu, Chiba 279-0041

Phone: 047-351-3274