A Shingon-affiliated Kobo Daishi hall in Higashi-Nakano, Nakano Ward, a place of faith cherished by local residents since the Edo period.
Enshrining Kobo Daishi (Kukai), it is venerated for blessings of recovery from illness, warding off evil, and travel safety.
Kobo Daishi faith is one of the folk religions spread nationwide, and the miraculous powers of Kukai, beloved as 'Odaishi-sama,' are stil…
Higashi-Nakano Daishi-do is said to have been founded around 1700, during the Genroku era of the Edo period. At that time, popular faith in Kobo Daishi (Kukai), the founder of Shingon Buddhism, spread widely across Japan, taking deep root among ordinary people as folk veneration of 'Odaishi-sama.' T…
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