Virtual Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #17 Arai-Kannon-do Temple

 

     It is unknown when Arai-Kannon-do Temple was founded.  It enshrines Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha in Senju-do Hall.  Senju means thousand-armed.  Avalokitesvara with 1000 arms is called Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja not Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha.  Mmm, it's a mystery.

     Anyway, the statue is known as Miso-Kannon, namely Soybean-Paste Avalokitesvara, and has earned faith from brewers in their broad sense.  A picture tablet of sake brewing, for example, was presented to the temple in 1768.  If you brew home-made soybean paste, you should get it blessed at the temple.

Address: 1 Chome-336 Arai, Kitamoto, Saitama 364-0026