The 62nd temple of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, enshrining the Eleven-faced Kannon in Saijo City. The temple once flourished as the administrative temple of Isono Shrine, the highest-ranked shrine of Iyo Province, and carries a history of Buddhist-Shinto syncretism into the present. Said to have been founded by Kobo Daishi, it maintained its independence as a temple after its formal separatio…

Hojuji Temple is traditionally believed to have been founded in 822 by the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi). It enshrines the Eleven-faced Kannon (Juichimen Kanzeon Bosatsu) as its principal image and is designated the 62nd temple of the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Temple Pilgrimage. From its earliest days, the te…