Kannō-in Temple

What it is

• A Kōyasan Shingon-shu temple in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture.
• Formal name is Tenkawa-san Jingū-ji Kannō-in.
• The 12th temple of Kawachi Saigoku Reijo.
• Developed as the Jingū-ji of Onchi Shrine.

What to see

• Main hall and a Kannon-dō.
• Garden attributed to Sōaiseki.
• Eleven-faced Kannon statue, a national important cultural property.
• Fudō Myōō painting, a prefectural important artwork.
• Onchi Shrine is in the vicinity.

Getting there

• 25 minutes walk from Kintetsu Osaka Line Onchi Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.