Virtual Honjo Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #8 Kaizen-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Kaizen-ji Temple was founded in Nakasanchi Village, Yuri County, Dewa Province.  Nakasanchi has place names such as Furuyashiki, namely Old Residence, Nakanohori, namely Inner Moat, and Horinouchi, namely In the Moat.  The surrounding area of Kaizen-ji Temple could have had a medieval fortress.

     The area has Hachiman Shrine, which had been founded before the turn of the 9th century.

     When Oi Tomokiyo moved from Shinano Province to Yuri County in 1467, he found the shrine and worshiped it since he belonged to the Minamoto Clan.  His son, Kiyomasa, called his family Nikaho.

     When Tateoka Mitsushige (1547-1639) moved in in 1603, he invited the shrine to its present place.

     In 1623, Nikaho Kiyoshige  (1560-1624) returned.  The residence in Nakasanchi could have been the local administrator's office either of the Tateoka Family or of the Nikaho Family, and the temple might have been founded in those days. 

Address: Horinouchi-46 Nakasanchi, Nikaho, Akita 018-0435

Phone: 0184-37-2225

Hachiman Shrine

Address: Nakanohori-11 Nakasanchi, Nikaho, Akita 018-0435