Virtual Old Akita 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #4 Sawanokami Shrine

 

     It is unknown when Senju-in Temple was founded as the shrine temple of Sawanokami Shrine to enshrine Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja.  The temple might have been abolished after the Meiji Restoration with Sanokami Shrine left in its precincts.

     Senju means Thousand-Armed.

     Sawanokami literally means Mountain Stream.  Sawanokami Shrine is located along a mountain stream, whose upper stream is called Sente-zawa, Thousand-Armed Mountain Stream.  Presumably, ancient people might have realized holiness in the stream and regarded the holiness as the manifestation of Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja.

Address: 4 Shirominamimachi, Yokote, Akita 013-0008