#50 （39th Temple）

Enkō-ji
延光寺

Crypto Ohenro #50 Goshuin of Enkō-ji（延光寺）
  • Title: Enkō-ji（延光寺）
  • Temple No: 39
  • Principal Image: Yakushi Nyorai（薬師如来）
  • Price: 0.005ETH
  • Edition: 1/1
  • Additional Information: 

    To get from Temple 38 to Temple 39, it seems that a lot of people backtrack up the east side of the Cape towards Nakamura and then cut across the mountains due west. Another option, and what i did on my walk, is to follow the coast west from Cape Ashizuri and then keep following it as it makes its bend to the north towards Matsuyama. The scenery is beautiful, you do no backtracking, and you see some pretty remote back areas of the island.

    Temple 39 was founded by Gyōgi in 725 on the orders of Emperor Shōmu and later reestablished in 795 by Kōbō Daishi when he came and struck a spring in the compound. The spring was known as Hōisui, Treasure Medicine Water. The temple has been destroyed and rebuilt numerous times with the present buildings being built in 1891. The temple bell and hanging scroll of Fudō Myōō are National Treasures. The Fudō is especially noteworthy because the normally fierce Fudō is portrayed here as laughing (Warai Fudō). The bell is variously attributed to either the 6th or the 8th century.

    The mountain is called Sekkizan which means Red Turtle Mountain. Legend says that in 911 a red turtle came out of the sea and brought a bell to the temple by carrying it on its back. The bell is now in a Tōkyō museum. The pond on the temple grounds (Kame no Ike) is where the turtle lived while it was here.

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ABOUT STORY

The 39th temple is Enko-ji.

The distance from the previous temple (40th) is 25.8km.

 

The entrance to Enkō-ji. The gate built on the stone wall strongly emphasizes the existence of the temple.

 

There is a bell on the shell of the stone statue of the turtle, but what does it mean?

 

This is the main hall of Enko-ji. Yakushi Nyorai is enshrined.

I felt that the Heart Sutra, which was chanted in fine weather, was delivered to God.

 

Next, he will recite the Heart Sutra at the hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi.

Remember to thank all things and pray for the safety of your family and the peace of the world.

 

次のお寺に向かう途中には、透明度の高い美しいビーチがあった。

 

Clear, clear seawater in emerald green.

 

It would be great if I could spend the night in a place like this with a tent.

 

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The 39th temple, Enko-ji’s red stamp.

I have to go around 38 more temples.

The distance to the next temple is 72.5km. This is a depressing distance.

 

Crypto Ohenro #50 Goshuin of Enkō-ji（延光寺）


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