Virtual Western Edo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #28 Senshin-ji Temple

 

     Senshin-ji Temple was founded by Priest Rido (?-1620) in Shirokane Village presumably at the beginning of the Edo Period.  The precincts have an Avalokitesvara hall and a pine tree onto which an old three-leafed pine tree was grafted.

     A three-pronged vajra is called sanko in Japanese.  As the pine tree is three-leafed, it was called a sanko pine tree, and the hill in front of the temple was called Sanko-zaka Hill.  The area was urbalized in the Edo Period and was named Shirokane-Sankocho.

Address: 2 Chome-1-43 Shirokane, Minato City, Tokyo 108-0072