Eryuu-ji Temple

What it is

• A Shingon-shu Buzan-ha Buddhist temple.
• Its mountain name is Kintozan.
• Dedicated to Eleven-faced Thousand-armed Kannon Bodhisattva.
• Also known as Tachiki Kannon.

What to see

• The Kannon-do hall, rebuilt in 1617.
• Kannon-do hall has a hip-and-gable thatched roof.
• A 7.4m tall wooden Eleven-faced Thousand-armed Kannon statue.
• The Kannon statue is one of Japan's largest single-wood statues.
• Former Igarashi Family Residence, a National Important Cultural Property.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.