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Tendai 'Bamboo Temple' said to be founded by Ennin in 824, one of Japan's rare surviving Shinto-Buddhist syncretic sites
60 min by bus and foot from Seibu Hanno Station
461 Minami, Hanno, Saitama
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An ancient Tendai temple nestled in the mountains of Hanno, officially named Io-zan Yakujuin Hachioji.
The nickname "Bamboo Temple" comes from bamboo groves spreading through the grounds.
A nationally rare temple preserving Shinto-Buddhist syncretism, featuring a main hall enshrining Gozu Tenno.
The thatched-roof main hall has a rustic atmosphere evoking primitive mountain worship.
A bamboo torii …
Said to have been founded in 824 by Jikaku Daishi Ennin.
Opened as a mountain asceticism training ground and became a center of Gozu Tenno worship.
Gozu Tenno was a syncretic deity widely worshipped in medieval times for plague prevention.
Despite the Meiji separation order, Takedera maintained its …
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "牛頭天王"
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