Chichibu Fudasho No.27 Daien-ji Temple
Fudasho No.27, Daienji-temple, is located on the mountain side between Kagemori and Urayamaguchi Stations on the Chichibu Railway.
If you follow the ridge from Enyuji Temple's Iwaido (FudashoNo. 26), you will easily recognize the newly built 15-meter-high statue of the Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
The statue is said to have been created by Koubo Daishi, the great Buddhist priest. The statue is a sight to behold.
On the side of the mountain is a Kannon Hall with a good view, and on the hill behind the hall stands the Gokoku Kannon (Goddess of Mercy), who holds a sword in her left hand to protect the nation. It is known as the Gokoku Daikannon, one of the three Kannon of Kanto.
Tsukikagedo, which used to be a temple on the mountain, was destroyed by fire in 1919, and the present building was reconstructed in 1996.
Nearby is a spring called "Enmeisui," which is said to prolong one's life for 33 days. In front of the temple gate, there is "KAGEMORI YOSUI," a waterway designated as a historical site by the prefecture, which was drawn in 1857 by Soutaro Sekita, a feudal lord at that time, with his private funds and used as drinking water and agricultural water.
Chichibu Fudasho No.27 Daien-ji Temple
- Japanese notation
- 大渕寺(だいえんじ)
- Location
- 〒369-1872 Kamikagemori411,chichibu-shi,Saitama
- Phone number
- 0494-22-5259
- nearest station
- 10-minutes walk from Chichibu Railway Kagemori Station.