Virtual Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #9 Jiko-ji Temple

 

     According to tradition, in 673, Jikun (691-777), a priest of Kofuku-ji Temple, enshrined Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja, and later, in 770, Priest Dochu founded Jiko-ji Temple.  Dochu studied under Jianchen (688-763), who came to Japan from Tang China, and visited eastern provinces to preach what he had learned from Jianchen.

Address: 386 Nishidaira, Tokigawa, Hiki District, Saitama 355-0364

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