Virtrual Shinobu Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #27 Hoto-ji Temple

 

     Priest Hoto built a hermitage for himself in Takayanagi Village, Sakitama Caounty, Musashi Province.  He named it Hoto Hermitage.  Priest Choju (?-1710) changed it to a temple and named it Hoto-ji.  Priest Yusei (?-1780) registered the temple with the Tokugawa Shogunate.

     It is unknown when the hermitage was built and when Hoto-ji Temple was founded, but, presumably, the hermitage was built around the beginning of the Edo Period (1603-1867), and the temple was founded at the beginning of the period.  As the surrounding area was developed and its population increased, the locals needed more graves and a temple to take care of their graveyard.

Address: 349 Kamitakayanagi, Kazo, Saitama 347-0101