Virtual Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #27 Daien-ji Temple

 

     A man had trouble with his legs.  He drifted and arrived at a forest on the western side of Mt. Buko in Chichibu County.  The forest was always shady and was called Kagemori, namely Shade Forest.  He built a hermitage in the forest, stayed in it, and chanted sutras all day long.  One day, a priest visited him, and gave him a Buddhist name, Homyo, and an image of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses.

     At the beginning of the Edo Period (1603-1867), Priest Kendo (?-1616) came from Seisen-ji Temple in Yoshida Village, and changed the hermitage into a temple and named it Daien-ji.

Address: 411 Kamikagemori, Chichibu, Saitama 369-1872

Phone: 0494-22-5259

Seisen-ji Temple

Address: 7570 Shimoyoshida, Chichibu, Saitama 369-1503

Phone: 0494-77-0107