Saihō-ji — Local services in Yokohama

I stepped out of Nippa Station on the Yokohama Blue Line Subway westward. I crossed the Kanagawa Prefectural Road #13 (Yokohama-Ikuta), and climbed a gentle hill for several minutes. Saiho-ji Temple had a long approach from the street to it with many old big gingko trees along the approach. Watched over by those trees, I approached the temple gate. Abruptly, I found Nothroughfare. I had to bypass a repair site. I arrived at the temple gate sideways, and noticed the gate itself was under repair. It was jacked up and was moved several meters away from the original site. The temple gate, the main hall, the Kannon-do hall, and the temple bell tower had thatched roofs. Without repair works, they must have looked quite authentic.

Kozukue 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Saiho-ji Temple Saiho-ji Temple was founded by Priest Shoken (1138-1196) at Sasame, Kamakura, in 1190, when Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199) was busy establishing the Kamakura Shogunate. Shoken's father was Fujiwara Michinori (1106?-1159), who was killed by Fujiwara Nobuyori (1133-1159), who was killed by Taira Kiyomori (1118-1181), whose children were killed by Yoritomo. Later, the temple was moved to Gokurakuji, Kamakura, where stands a stone memorial tower for the repose of Uesugi Norimasa (1335-1394). He built the tower for himself while he was still alive. Norimasa was the Regent of the Kanot Deputy Shogunate in Kamakura. His elder brother, Noriharu (?-1379), had committed suicide as a remonstrance against the military gamble Ashikaga Ujimitsu (1359-1398), the second Kanto Deputy Shogun. He tried to step in on the Koryaku Incident in Kyoto. After witnessing many deaths, the temple was moved to Nippa, where there used to be a river port along the Tsurumi River, in 1492. The river port used to be called Niba, literally...

In the middle of September all the red spider lilies will be fully blooming and the other colors (white, yellow, pink) will be a bit later, around the end of Sep. It’s a small temple near station with many big old trees. Very calm and...

武相不動尊二十八霊場と旧小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場の参拝でそれぞれお伺いしました。 真言宗単立のお寺で正式なお名前は補陀洛山安養院西方寺といい、武相霊場第九番札所、旧小机領霊場第十五番札所になります。 御本尊は黒本尊と呼ばれる阿弥陀如来坐像で定朝様式(ていちょうようしき)と呼ばれる像になります。 八百年前に鎌倉の佐々目ヶ谷に創建されたあと、極楽寺の一山中に移建されその後五百年前に鎌倉から海を渡り、鶴見川を遡り新羽の地に船で移転してきたお寺です。 茅葺きの山門前の参道は四季折々(桜:紫陽花:曼珠沙華:蝋梅)の花が咲き素晴らしい景観のようです、皆さんの四季折々の投稿写真を見ると素晴らしさが溢れています、特に曼珠沙華の時期が一番素敵です。 長い参道を歩き石段を登り茅葺きの山門を入ると整理された境内には、緑深い山を背に約三百前に建立された山門と同じく茅葺きの鐘楼と茅葺きの本堂が目に入ります、いずれも横浜市の指定文化財になっている建物等で本当に素晴らしい建物です。 武相霊場の御本尊は不動明王で、別名は日切不動尊と呼ばれています、旧小机領霊場の御本尊...