Virtual Musashino 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #4 Nyoirin-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Nyoirin-ji Temple was founded in Kamihoya Village, Niikura County, Musashi Province.

     In 758, 32 priests, 2 nuns, 19 men and 21 women, who were all from Silla, were transferred to Musashi Province, and Silla County was set up.  In 760, 131 naturalized Silla people were transferred to Musashi Province.  According to the Chinese characters which were used for the notation of Silla, the county was later called Niikura.  In 1081, 7 families of Niikura County (the Itakura, Hoya, Shimoda, Iwasaki, Nakamura, and Sakurai Families) settled along the Shirako River and developed Kamihoya Village, whose oldest shrine, Jodono Shrine, was founded in the 13th century, and whose 4 oldest temples (Nyoirin-ji, Hoko-in, Hoju-in, and Saiko-ji Temples) were founded later.

Address: 2 Chome-15-7 Izumicho, Nishitokyo, Tokyo 202-0011

Phone: 042-421-3014

Jodono Shrine

Address: 1 Chome-21-1 Sumiyoshicho, Nishitokyo, Tokyo 202-0005

Phone: 042-423-0890

Hoko-in Temple

Address: 1 Chome-6-5 Sumiyoshicho, Nishitokyo, Tokyo 202-0005

Phone: 042-421-1871

Hoju-in Temple

Address: 2 Chome-7-25 Izumicho, Nishitokyo, Tokyo 202-0011

Phone: 042-421-1285

Soji-ji Temple (Ex-Saiko-ji Temple)

Address: 3 Chome-8-12 Tanashicho, Nishitokyo, Tokyo 188-0011

Phone: 042-461-0044