Virtual Akigawa 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #8 Daiko-ji Temple

 

     The Hirayama Family advanced from Asa River to Aki River.  When they ruled Takao Village along Aki River, they founded Myoo-in Temple in 1502, enshrining Acalanatha.  After the family was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) in 1590, their offspring enshrined Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha, and renamed the temple Daiko-mitsu-ji.  Mitsu meant that the temple belonged to esoteric Buddhism.  Later, presumably in the Edo Period (1603-1867), it was just called Daiko-ji.

Address: 218 Takao, Akiruno Tokyo 190-0154

Phone: 042-596-0306