A Shingon temple in Kawaguchi City, a branch of Nishi-Arai Daishi (Adachi Ward, Tokyo), serving as a center for Fudo Myo-o devotion. The principal image is Kobo Daishi Kukai, the 'Yakuyoke Daishi,' revered for healing, evil-warding, and business prosperity. Monthly rites on the 21st draw worshippers for goma fire rituals.
Kawaguchi Daishi, located in Saiwaicho, Kawaguchi City, is said to have been established around 1700 (the Genroku era) as a branch temple of Nishi-Arai Daishi (Sooji-ji, Adachi Ward, Tokyo), a Shingon sect institution. Nishi-Arai Daishi itself is traditionally regarded as founded by the monk Kobo Da…
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