Day 30: No.68 Jinne-in & No.69 Kanon-ji (神恵院、観音寺)

The main gate is for both No.68 Jinne-in & No.69 Kanon-ji

The information on the main gate clearly states that there are two temples in one precincts. At first I thought there were just two temples nearby, but it was like this as the owner of guest house Aozora-ya said.

The Nio-statue has striking eyes

I was greeted by the Nio-statue with large eyes and a rather cute expression 😉

Interestingly, No.68 Jinne-in and No.68 Kanon-ji are located in the same precincts

A camphor tree with a root that spreads in a way I’ve never seen before

As I walked up the stairs from the main gate, I saw this huge camphor tree with its root spreads in quite strange way, two impressive red buildings, and a few other buildings.

The entrance of the main temple of No.68 Jinne-in (it’s not like usual temple)

The main temple of No.68 Jinne-in

The main temple of Jinne-in has a concrete entrance, which is quite different from other temples. When I went through this entrance and went up the stairs, I found this small but beautiful main temple.

Taishi-do looks rather classic compare to the main temple

The temple stamp of No.68 Jinne-in

Dedicated toAmida-Nyorai (阿弥陀如来)
Founded byNissho-Shonin (日証上人)
DenominationShingon-sect Daikakuji-group (真言宗大覚寺派)
Mantraおん あみりた ていぜい からうん
On Amirita Teizei Karaun
Next templeNo.69 Kanon-ji (0.0 Km away)
Previous templeNo.67 Daiko-ji (8.7 Km away)
No.68 Jinne-in

No.68 on the left side and No.69 on the right side

The main temple of No.69 Kanon-ji

The two impressive red buildings are the main temple and Taishi-do of No.69 Kanon-ji. I recited the the sutra four times in total at both Jinne-in and Kanon-ji 🙂

Binzuru-sama

Taishi-do

At the end of the stairs, there’s Yakushi-do

Naturally, there’s only one Nokyo-jyo here, so they offer two different temple stamps. The person in charge was very polite and wrote really beautiful script on top of the temple stamp, which made me happy.

The temple stamp of No.68 Kanon-ji

Dedicated toSei-Kanzeon-Bosatsu (聖観世音菩薩)
Founded byNissho-Shonin (日証上人)
DenominationShingon-sect Daikakuji-group (真言宗大覚寺派)
Mantraおん あろりきゃ そわか
On Arorikya Sowaka
Next templeNo.70 Motoyama-ji (4.5 Km away)
Previous templeNo.68 Jinne-in (0.0 Km away)
No.69 Kanon-ji