Fukuju-ji, Buddhist temple in Nantan, Japan
Fukuju-ji is a Soto Zen temple in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, with the mountain name Iozan. It administers the Taishakuten Hall, which stands on a hill away from the main temple buildings; about 700 meters of approach from the foot of the hill to the hall's stone steps is lined with 108 bells called "Negai no Kane" that visitors strike one by one. The grounds also hold many stone and wooden statues of monkeys tied to Koshin worship.
According to the temple's own origin narrative, the Shiu'nzan Ogura-ji engi, the site began in 780 when Wake no Kiyomaro received a vision of Taishakuten at Funae village in Tanba and founded a hall called Shiu'nzan Ogura-ji. This hall became the Taishakuten-dō, which Fukuju-ji, a Sōtō Zen temple, now administers. The temple later received patronage from Kyoto's Sentō Gosho and the Koide family, lords of Sonobe Domain.
Fukuju-ji is a Sōtō Zen temple known as Kyoto Taishakuten because it cares for the Taishakuten Hall, a hall on a hilltop away from the main compound. The temple was a major centre of Kōshin worship in the Kinki region and was called "Kōshin-san" in the Edo period; people still visit on Kōshin days, and its grounds hold many stone and wooden monkey figures tied to that faith.
The temple is in the Sonobe area of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture. The Taishakuten Hall stands on a hilltop apart from the main temple buildings, and about 700 metres of path from the foot of the hill to the hall's stone steps is lined with 108 bells called "negai no kane", which visitors strike one by one. The grounds hold many stone and wooden statues of monkeys tied to Koshin worship. The hall is visited especially on Koshin days and at the spring and autumn festivals.
The temple manages the Taishakuten Hall, a separate hall on a hilltop about 700 metres from the main precinct. Along the path from the foot of the hill to the hall's stone steps stand 108 bells called "negai no kane", which pilgrims strike one by one to have their wishes heard by Taishakuten.
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