Virtual Sakai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #23 Fudo-in Temple

 

     It is unknown when Fudo-in Temple was founded in O-cho Township, Sakai Town, Izumi Province.  Judging from its name, the temple must have enshrined Acalanatha.  As Acalanatha has been often worshipped in Shugendo, which is the syncretism of Buddhism and Shinto, the temple might have belonged to Shugendo and was abolished after the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868.  The government, which erected a barrier between Shinto and Buddhism, ruled that Shugendo was unacceptable because of its amalgamation of the 2 religions, and officially forbade it in 1872.

     The temple is supposed to have been located around today's Ochohigashi, Sakai Ward, Sakai, Osaka 590-0954, where Honko-ji, Shoun-ji, and Joshin-ji Temples are still located.

Honko-ji Temple

Address: 4 Chome-2-39 Ochohigashi, Sakai Ward, Sakai, Osaka 590-0954

Phone: 072-233-2515

Shoun-ji Temple

Address: 4 Chome-2-7 Ochohigashi, Sakai Ward, Sakai, Osaka 590-0954

Phone: 072-232-2131

Joshin-ji Temple

Address: 4 Chome-2-18 Ochohigashi, Sakai Ward, Sakai, Osaka 590-0954

Phone: 072-221-4911