Jotokuji — Attraction in Kobe

Fukuhara 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #6 Jotoku-ji Temple Kobe is basically on the alluvial fans spreading at the foot of Mt. Rokko. The river-bed water running beneath the alluvial fans have supported the good Japanese sake breweries in Nada and some other areas there. After #26 Hokai-ji Temple, I returned to the reverse order, and searched for #6 Jotoku-ji Temple. #26 and #6 are on the same alluvial fan, and the difference in altitude between them is slight. The problem was that the area is divided into 4 with an elevated highway, which runs northwest and southeast, and also with the Sanyo Railway, which runs northeast and southwest. With the wisdom of hindsight, I should have visited #6 first after #7, and then #26. That way, I would have just had to go under the highway once, which was the trickiest for walking around the area. I sneaked into Hokai-ji Temple from the back gate, visited the main building to pray, and walked down the steps to go out of the temple from the front temple gate. The difference in altitude within the precincts reminded me of the fact that the temple is on an...

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