Big Dragon Temple

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Tairyuu-Ji, Big Dragon Temple
Shashinzan 舎心山 常住院 太龍寺

Nr. 21 on the pilgrimage to 88 temples in Shikoku.





Kokuzo Bosatsu, Kokuuzoo Bosatsu 虚空蔵菩薩

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Tairyuji temple is in the summit of the mountain with an above sea level of 600m.
You can go in a rope way to this temple from Wajiki town of the Nakagawa upstream.
When you climb on foot, it takes 26km from Kakurinji temple for about 8 hours.

The Tairyuji temple called West Koyasan has grown thick by the big Japan ceder
counts the age of a tree of about 1000 year.
Kobo Daishi built this temple by Emperor Kammu's command in 793.

　The Kokuzo bodhisattva of the principal image says that the Kobo Daishi engraved
by himself. The place where the 19 years old Kobo Daishi self-trained is Tairyugadake.
That is recorded on Kobo Daishi's work. The name of Tairyuji temple was given in
connection with the Shashinzan and
the large dragon which protected Kobo Daishi.

Although this temple also followed ther rise and fall, it was revived in 1095.
The feudal lord Miyoshi, and all the past lords believed in the Tairyuji temple deeply, and protected it thickly

Read more and look at photos HERE !
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A ropeway links Tairyuji Temple, 21st of the 88 Hallowed Grounds in the Shikoku Region. Tairyuji stands on the steep hill of Mt. Tairyuji and the "Washi no sato" roadside facilities ("Michi no eki").
The cable spans a river and a mountain; its pillars are the largest in the world. Its 101-passenger capacity is among the largest in Japan.
http://www.kansai.gr.jp/Collection/asp/EngDisplayCollectionInfo.Asp?CollectionNo=000557


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