Chosen-in Temple

The temple is also called Sekisatsu-do Hall, because one of the Thirteen Sacred Figures who founded the Chichibu Pilgrimage in 1234 dedicated a sekisatsu, a type of stone tablet here. It is carved with the words “Sekisatsu Teichi Junrei” and is enshrined as a temple treasure in front of the principal statue.
The ceiling looks as if it is covered with votive name slips, left by visitors in the past to mark their visit, but the characters are actually carved into the wood and coated in black lacquer.
A 130-year-old weeping cherry tree stands behind the stone monument on the left of the approach. It once stopped flowering but later revived, so it is called the “Revived Cherry Tree.”