Kenho-ji Temple
This is one of the Suruga Seven Kannon (Abe Seven Kannon), said to have been established during the Nara period when the renowned monk Gyoki enshrined a statue of the Thousand-Armed Kannon here. Revering Kōbō Daishi (Kūkai) as its founder, it was a temple dedicated to scholarship established in the 7th century. Although it flourished greatly until the Edo period, only the Kannon Hall remains today due to the Meiji government’s Separation of Shinto and Buddhism edict and the Haibutsu Kishaku movement.The Chigo-mai (Children’s Dance) performed as an offering at the Hachinokai Festival of Shizuoka Sengen Shrine was introduced from Kenpo-ji Temple by Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Basic Information
- Address
- 12-6, 2-chome, Tateho, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture 421-1214
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