Taishido and Tofuku-ji Temple in Mt. Kyozuka

Sasashita Tofuku-ji Temple is the oldest temple in this area. A long time ago, a monk from Mt. Hiei-zan in Kyoto placed a Buddha statue called a pharmacist on his back, came all the way to this area, and opened a small temple.

But at one point the temple had a bite, and it was burnt all. It was a very poor village, so it was not rebuilt easily, and it remained for a long time. One day, again, a monk named Semutsu visited here again, and was surprised to see the rough temple, built a temple immediately, and celebrated the pharmacist.
During the Kamakura period, when a great monk named Shinran Kamijin visited this area, Mikoze also stayed at Tofuku-ji Temple and walked around the village. And one day, this temple came to be called March-in.
At one point, Prince Shotoku appeared in the dream of Shinran Jonin, and told him that there was a statue of Prince that he made himself at nearby Kyozukayama.
The superior immediately went to the mountains and dug up the place he had dreamed, and the statue of the prince, which looked exactly like what appeared in the dream, appeared in the soil. The superior was very pleased and placed the statue of the prince in the temple.
After that, this statue of Prince was built with the hands of the villagers and placed there. And it was called Taishido of Kyozukayama and was valued.

In addition, a lord named Mamiya Buzen Morinobumoto, who had settled this land, learned about this statue of Prince and asked him to respect him very much and protect the village. However, Taishido at Mt. Kyozuka was burned in a fire during the Edo period, so the statue of Prince was transferred to a temple, but now he is returning to the original Kyozukayama.

In the hardness of the garden of Tofuku-ji Temple, where the statue of the prince was temporarily relocated, the three monkeys who saw, did not say, and did not hear are quietly staring here. It was made in the Edo period and is the oldest in this area.
There is also a flower mound that is rare when you enter the mountain gate. Around this area, from the Meiji era to the Taisho era, it is said to be a flower spot in Yokohama, and I often saw scenes of doing business with flower baskets.
This flower mound was made with the feeling that the villagers would appreciate the spirit of the flower.

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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