Chishiki-ji temple

What it is

• A temple of the Shingon-shu Chizan-ha sect.
• Founded in the year 740.
• Dedicated to the Eleven-faced Kannon Bosatsu.

What to see

• The O-mido, an Important Cultural Property.
• A wooden Eleven-faced Kannon statue, an Important Cultural Property.
• The Nio-mon gate, a Chikuma City Tangible Cultural Property.
• A Kofun-period tumulus, a Chikuma City Historic Site.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.