An ancient Shingon temple traditionally founded by Gyoki in 741, located at the foot of Mt. Otokoyama. Mt. Otokoyama is the sacred mountain where Iwashimizu Hachimangu is enshrined, and Shoho-ji has a long history rooted within the faith community at its base. The precincts enshrine an eleven-faced Kannon Bosatsu standing statue said to be Gyoki's work, conveying the power of ancient Buddhist scul…

Shoho-ji is an ancient Shingon Buddhist temple traditionally said to have been founded in 741 by Gyoki, a prominent Buddhist monk of the Nara period who devoted himself to spreading Buddhism among the common people by establishing temples and public facilities throughout Japan. The eleven-faced Kann…