Hōju-in Temple

What it is

• A Shingon-shu Buzan-ha temple in Tōon, Ehime Prefecture.
• It is the 45th Fudasho of the New Shikoku Mandala Pilgrimage.
• Dedicated to Enmei Jizō Bosatsu, principal image survived a 1915 fire.

What to see

• Main hall houses a seated Enmei Jizō Bosatsu statue.
• Chichi Jizō-son-dō enshrines a stone statue.
• Stone statue is for safe childbirth, conception, and child-rearing.
• The Gōdai Myōō-zu, a treasure, survived the 1915 fire.

Getting there

• About a 5-minute taxi ride from Iyotetsu Yokogawara Line.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.