Virtual Kubota Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #25 Yakushi-do Hall

 

     Yakushi-do Hall might have been located somewhere between the Kubota Castle Town #24 Komyo-ji Temple in 1-21 Kyokuhokuteramachi, Akita, 010-0924, and the #26 Tofuku-ji Temple in 7-42 Kyokuhokusakaemachi, Akita, 010-0922.  Between the 2 temples, there runs the Akita Prefectural Route 26 Akita Station Line.  The hall's deity could have been relocated to the Kubota Castle Town #21 Fuden-ji Temple in 4 Chome-5-37 Omachi, Akita, 010-0921, when the road was widened.

     The road used to be Ni-chome-shoji, or 2 Chome Street, which started at 2-chome Bridge and ended at Teramachi for the purpose of making it harder for the enemies to attack the castle through the castle town.  The street was 6 meters wide before 1935.  In the year, the street was not only widened to 12 meters but also bored through Teramachi.  The northern side of Komyo-ji Temple became the southern side of the street, and the graveyard of Tofuku-ji Temple was moved north.  The south of the new street in Teramachi became Kyokuhokuteramachi, and the north of it became Kyokuhokusakaemachi.  The area adjoining Teramachi in the east became Omachi.  It is unknown whether Yakushi-do Hall used to be located in today's Kyokuhokusakaemachi or in today's Omachi.

     It is unknown when Yakushi-do Hall was founded.  Yakushi-do literally means Bhaisajyaguru Hall.