An ancient Shingon Daikakuji-branch temple founded in 616 by the monk Seiga, where Kukai (Kobo Daishi) is also said to have trained. Located on the slopes of Mt. Raizan in Itoshima City, its principal image is an eleven-faced thousand-armed Kannon Bodhisattva designated as a nationally Important Cultural Property. The great camphor tree in the precinct — over 400 years old — commands an overwhelmi…

According to temple tradition, Raizan Sennyuji was founded in 616 (the 24th year of Empress Suiko's reign) by the Indian monk Seiga, who recognized Mt. Raizan as a sacred site. During the Nara and Heian periods, the mountain flourished as a holy ground for ascetic practice. It is further transmitted…