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Jodo temple spreading nembutsu teachings and praying for flood protection in the Tone River flood-prone lowlands
Approx. 15 min by bus from JR Kashima Jingu Station on the Kashima Line
Ota, Kamisu, Ibaraki
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A Jodo sect temple in Ota, Kamisu, a nembutsu training hall with Amida Nyorai as its principal image. It is said to have been opened by a monk who spread nembutsu teachings to farming villages in the lower Tone River basin during the Edo period. The Jodo sect's nembutsu teachings were easily understood by commoners and became the center of farmers' and fishermen's religious lives. The grounds have…
Komyoji Temple is a Jodo sect temple said to have been founded around 1650 (the 3rd year of Kean). It is believed to have been established by a monk who spread nembutsu teachings to farming villages in the Ota area during the early Edo period, a time when the lower Tone River basin was being develop…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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