Virtual Arima County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #29 Komyo-ji Temple

 

     Kinshin-ji Temple is said to have been founded by Priest Joe (643-666), who studied in Tang China from 653 to 665, in 668.  As the dates are inconsistent, the temple might have been founded for Joe.  Anyway, Sai-bo Hermitage was built in the temple.  It is unknown when the hermitage became Komyo-ji Temple.  The temple was revived by Priest Yugi in Kajiya-machi Township in the Sanda Castle Town in 1638.  Kajiya means blacksmith.  The hermitage could have been changed into a Buddhist temple in 1638 and was moved to its present place for the blacksmiths in the castle town.

     The temple buildings were reconstructed in 1766.  It is recorded that Sanda-Tenman and Snada-Fukushima-Ebisu Shrines were burned down in 1734.  If they were burned down in the same big fire, Komyo-ji Temple could have been caught in the fire.

Address: 16-6 Sandacho, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1533

Phone: 079-562-4035

Kinshin-ji Temple

Address: 3 Chome-28-45 Tenjin, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1531

Phone: 079-563-3084

Sanda-Tenman Shrine

Address: 3 Chome-34-5 Tenjin, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1531

Phone: 079-562-2647

Sanda-Fukushima-Ebisu Shrine

Address: 137 Fukushima, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1313