Chōkoku-ji, Shugendō temple in Shiraiwa-chō, Takasaki, Japan

Chōkoku-ji is a Shugendō temple of the Kimpusen shugen honshū on the slope of Mount Shiroiwa in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. Its grounds hold few buildings: a temple gate, a main hall with a Chinese-style karahafu gable over the entrance, and a cemetery behind the hall. Just west stands the Shirayama-jinja shrine, reached by a side path that passes under a torii.

The temple was established as the fifteenth station on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage route, a major pilgrimage circuit in eastern Japan. It has maintained its role as a spiritual center throughout centuries of religious practice in the region.

The main image, a secret Buddha, is a single-block keyaki wood Eleven-Faced Kannon 186.9 cm tall, carved in the late Heian period around the late 11th to early 12th century. A larger standing Kannon of joined hinoki, 187.0 cm, serves as the front image and dates to the late Kamakura period. The temple is the 15th stop of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage, and its goeika praises the vow made at Hase.

The temple lies in Shiraiwa-machi, Takasaki. From Takasaki Station take a Gunma Bus bound for Haruna-ko or Muroda and get off at Dodomeki, then walk about 35 minutes; alternatively take the bus via Satomi to Shimozatomi and change to the Miyazawa-Shiraiwa community bus for Shiraiwa Kannon Kita-sansaro, about 5 minutes on foot. From Gunma-Yawata Station on the Shin'etsu Main Line, take the Gunma Bus Haruna line to Torii-zawa, then the same community bus to Shiraiwa Kannon Kita-sansaro.

The main statue is a hidden image: the 11th-century yakusugi-style single-block Eleven-Faced Kannon, 186.9 cm tall, is kept concealed, while a 270 cm Kamakura-period standing copy is shown. The temple's name comes from the Hasedera in Shinano where three Kannon images reportedly appeared in 711.