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Nakayamadera is the Shingon Nakayamadera-sect head…
兵庫県宝塚市中山寺2-11-1
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Nakayamadera is the Shingon Nakayamadera-sect head temple, the 24th Saigoku Pilgrimage site, and Japan's most celebrated temple for safe-childbirth prayers. The current complex, including a five-story pagoda, was rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyori. Steps from Hankyu Nakayamakannonn Station.
Nakadera Temple is traditionally said to have been founded in 593 by Prince Shotoku, who is believed to have carved a thousand-armed Kannon and enshrined it as the principal object of worship. Though the details of its early history remain largely legendary, the temple established itself as the 24th…
A pilgrimage of 33 Kannon temples — the oldest Kannon circuit in Japan, winding through 6 prefectures in the Kinki region and Gifu
Wooden standing Eleven-Headed Kannon (Hokkeiji, Nara, National Treasure, Heian period)
Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Headed Kannon): bears eleven faces atop the principal head to perceive and rescue suffering beings in all directions. Long venerated as a deity of healing and warding off misfortune.
Kannon Forms · Seven Kannon
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Safe Childbirth & Fertility
Recovery from illness, bodily wellness, peace of mind. Especially efficacious at Yakushi and Kannon temples.
Derived from the enshrined deity "十一面観世音菩薩"
Hours
9:00-17:00 (nokyo reception 9:00-16:30).
As of 2026-07-17. Subject to change.
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