Virtual Akashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #27 Tenporin-ji Temple

 

     Tenporin-ji Temple is said to have been founded to pray for the recovery of Emperor Heizei (774-824) from the disease in 806 where Iwafune Fudomyo is located.  The Emperor succeeded to the throne on March 17th, 806, and abdicated the throne on April 1st, 809, because of illness.  As he reigned only for 3 years and 14 days, it is hard to tell whether building the temple worked or not.

     It is unknown why the temple was moved to its present place in 1223.

     The temple’s Buddhist tanka poem is:

Now the Buddha's past is revealed,

And the moonlight turns

Like the wheel of Buddhism.

Address: 2089 Myodanicho, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 655-0852

Phone: 078-791-7885

Iwafune Fudomyoo

Address: 7 Chome-1 Shioyacho, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 655-0872