Chikan-ji Temple

What it is

• A Shingon-shu Buzan-ha Buddhist temple.
• Founded by Nakayama Tanji Takenobu.
• Rebuilt by Priest Chokaku during the Eisho era.
• First temple of the Koma Thirty-three Kannon Pilgrimage.

What to see

• Many gravestones of the Nakayama clan.
• Nakayama Nobuyoshi wooden monument.
• Chikan-ji Itabashitoba in the treasure house.
• Main image: wooden Fudo Myoo and two attendants.
• Nakayama Nobuyoshi's grave is a Prefectural Historic Site.

When to go

• Last Sunday of October for public cultural property exhibition.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.