Handō-ji Temple

What it is

• It is a Tendai sect temple.
• It was a powerful Shugendo temple in medieval times.
• The temple was re-established in 1892.
• It is associated with Koka's itinerant medicine sales.

What to see

• Wooden seated statue of Amitabha Nyorai.
• Wooden standing statue of Eleven-faced Kannon.
• Wooden standing statue of Jizo Bosatsu.
• These three statues are Important Cultural Properties.
• Silk painting of the Ryokai Mandala.
• The mandala is a municipal cultural property.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.