Shirami Jizo — Attraction in Minoh

This unusually tall Jizo statue is located on a relatively well-maintained path leading south from Katsuou-ji temple, although the path gets somewhat less easy heading further south. A number of ancient mile-stones can be found in the vicinity, some of which are Designated National Treasures: the ones between this statue and Katsuou-ji date all the way back to the 13th century and are the oldest such stones in Japan that...

はじめ見たときはびっくりした。 鬱蒼とした森の四ツ辻に佇む大きなお地蔵さん。雰囲気あります。 時々真新しいおべべを着せてもらっていたり、皆...

勝尾寺から旧参道に入り、一、二、三、四町石を経て軍荼利明王の石蔵へ、少し戻って三町石から下ってしらみ地蔵へ到着。 木々が茂っていて眺...