Hidden Jizo

Once upon a time, there was a peasant named Kanji Iijima in Nagatani Village.
I was always suffering from a chronic illness called "tantrum." The tantrum is the present stomach convulsion, which causes pain that the stomach is twisted by something.
One day, when I was rolling around with the usual severe pain, a monk who happened to pass by happened to pass by said, `` If you worship the Nikko Jizo at a temple called Renkeiji Temple on Mishima, Izu country, the tantrum pain will heal quickly. "
I was taught.
Immediately, Kanjiro went on a trip and visited a distant temple in Izu.
When I was praying hard, the pain of my tantrum was gone. Therefore, Kanjiro asked Renkeiji Temple to receive alter ego, and took it home to Nagatani Village.
In July 1866 (1866), we built a temple on the west border of Konan Ward, bordering Maiokacho, Totsuka Ward.
There was a series of mountain waves on the border of the Musou country, a village became a good place, and a spiritual place.
In 1928 (1928), the descendants of Kanjiro repaired and expanded the temple, making it Mt. Koya-san Shingon sect, Yagiyama, and Fukutokuin.
This Jizo-son is said to be one of the "Japan Three Body Jizo" along with the alter ego wrapped in Nagano and Yamanashi, and is a stone Buddha with a height of about 80 cm.
Every month, the day with "four" is a fair, and it is said that if you make a wish on this day, it will always come true.
On the day with `` four '', there were many people from the peaceful city of Isezakicho Kawai, and from the distant Yokosuka area, there were many visits to `` wish '', and the city was very busy. Was.
The villagers were looking forward to seeing them all day, from the trees and from the shadows of the bushes.
Even today, worshipers from all over the prefecture visit, shops are lined up, and they are showing the same liveliness as old days.

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