The oldest temple in Kamakura, said to have been founded in 734 by the monk Gyoki. Belonging to the Tendai sect, it is the 1st sacred site of the Bando Thirty-three Kannon Pilgrimage, the first stop for pilgrims tracing the route across the Kanto region. The principal image consists of three eleven-faced Kannon statues known as the 'Three Sugimoto Kannon,' attributed respectively to Jikaku Daishi,…

Sugimoto-dera is said to have been founded in 734 by the eminent Nara-period monk Gyoki, making it the oldest temple in Kamakura. It is believed to have originally belonged to the Hosso school before being converted to the Tendai sect. During the Heian period, the priest Jikaku Daishi Ennin and the …