Higiri jizōson, Buddhist temple in Shimada, Japan.
Higiri jizōson is a Buddhist temple in Shimada housing Kṣitigarbha statues and artifacts before which visitors place flower and candle offerings. The sanctuary displays traditional Japanese architectural elements and spiritual decoration throughout its grounds.
In 1881 the monk Nissei Shōnin carved the image of Jizō Bosatsu into a natural stone from Wappazawa in Ōdai and enshrined it as the main deity about 200 metres west of the present site. In 1888 Yamada Giichi, ninth head of the Yamada family and village headman of Shimamura in Tōtōmi Province, built the Jizō hall at its current location.
The temple's main festival day is the 26th of each month, with a grand festival on 26 August. Prayer days fall on the 1st and 26th and on the first three Sundays. The temple is also called Higiri Jizōson, though the nearby station is spelled Higiri with different characters.
The temple is a 200-metre walk west of its original site, in the Ōdai district of Shimada. The nearest station is Oigawa Railway's Higiri Station, whose name uses different characters from the temple's. Monthly observances fall on the 1st and 26th, with the main festival on 26 August.
The nearest station is Oigawa Railway's Nichikiri Station, not Gokaku. The temple's name is often written 日切地蔵尊 after the station, but the correct form is 日限地蔵尊. The temple's festival day is the 26th of each month, with a major festival on 26 August.
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