Enmyō-in, Buddhist temple in Kimitsu, Japan.
Enmyō-in is a Buddhist temple in Kimitsu with multiple halls and shrines set within cultivated gardens. The grounds feature stone pathways that wind through meditation areas and traditional structures that define the temple's layout.
Enmyō-in's origins are unclear, but tradition dates its founding to the early Kamakura period, when it was a Shugendō temple and a branch of Nyūjō-ji, a Tendai temple of Mount Mantoku in Minowa, Kimitsu. Nyūjō-ji sided with the Hōjō in the Sengoku period, and Enmyō-in declined as a result. It was restored during the Keian years of the Edo period, around 1648–1652, and is now a temple of the Shingon Chisan sect.
Enmyō-in is the ninth stop on the new Kazusa Thirty-Three Kannon pilgrimage and the 54th on the Kantō Eighty-Eight Sites route. It also serves as the Fukurokuju stop of the Kazusa Seven Lucky Gods circuit and belongs to the Tōgoku Flower Temples network as Chiba site 7. A small hall built in 1989 is used for traffic-safety prayers.
The temple sits about 16 minutes on foot from Shimogori Station and is easily accessible by walking. The site offers memorial services and provides several burial plot options to suit different needs.
Enmyō-in is one of the stops on several pilgrimage circuits: the 9th of the new Kazusa Thirty-Three Kannon sites, the 54th of the Kantō Eighty-Eight Places, and a Fuku-roku-ju site of the Kazusa Seven Lucky Gods. A small hall built in 1989 is used for traffic-safety prayers.
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