Virtual New Innami County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Choraku-ji Temple

 

     Choraku-ji Temple was founded at the foot of Mount Ofuji No. 3 Tumulus in 713 by Priest Jishin.

     The entry dated May 2nd, 713, in Nihon Shoki records that provincial governments were ordered to hand in reports containing the names of counties, villages, and others.  Presumably, the Harima Provincial Government recognized the existence of Choraku-ji Temple with Jishin as its priest in 713.

     As the temple's precincts have a sarcophagus, which is called Kamae-no-Sekikan, or Kamae Sarchophagus, and Argha Spring, a sacred well.  It could have been a holy place since prehistoric days.

     All the temple buildings were burned down in 1578, when the Oda Army invaded Harima Province.  The temple was revived in its present place in 1706.  Its main hall was destroyed in a typhoon in 2011.  The main hall site is still a vacant lot.

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Ex-Choraku-ji Temple Site

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Mount Ofuji No. 3 Tumulus

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Kamae Sarchophagus

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Choraku-ji Temple Akai (Argha Spring; sacred well)

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