Virtual Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (the South) #4 Fumon-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Fumon-ji Temple was founded.  Its precincts have a stone Ksitigarbha standing image dated 1656.  The temple could have been older than that.

     Daitakubo Village was along the Toemon River and it's a rather long and narrow area which resembles a footprint of Daidarabocchi, a Japanese gigantic monster.  Kubo means a hollow, so the village's name means the hollow Daidarabocchi made.  Believe it or not.  If you want to see what Daidarabocchi looked like, why don't you check Prince Mononoke?

     Fumon-ji Temple enshrines Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja.  The temple doesn't have a priest and is maintained by the locals.

Address: 4 Chome-9-10 Daitakubo, Minami Ward, Saitama, 336-0015