Dairen-ji Temple

What it is

• A Shingon-shu Buzan-ha sect Buddhist temple.
• Founded as a general prayer place in the Edo period.
• Served as a town hall during the Meiji period.
• First temple of the Iyo Thirteen Buddhist Sacred Sites.

What to see

• The principal image is the Eleven-faced Kannon.
• Komura Daishido is an external Buddhist hall.
• Komura Daishido's principal image is Kobo Daishi.
• A monument to haiku poet Kawato Hekigoto stands by the main gate.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.