🌸🏯 Jizo-in Temple 🏯🌸

Jizo-in Temple primarily worships the Jizo of the valley. After passing through the main gate, 🌸🌺🌿 one is greeted by the "Bamboo Pilgrimage Path" flanked by bamboo groves on both sides, earning it the nickname "Bamboo Temple". 🎋🍃 🌸🌺🌿 Ikkyu-san (the clever Ikkyu-san! Kichi-kichi!!!) was born near Jizo-in Temple and took his vows here. Ikkyu was a prince of Emperor Go-Komatsu, and due to his mother's lineage from the powerful Fujiwara clan, 🌸🌺🌿 who were political adversaries of the shogunate, the shogun forced the emperor to send Ikkyu's mother to this temple, where Ikkyu lived with her until the age of 6. A statue of "Ikkyu Zenji and His Mother" is also enshrined within the temple. 👶👩 🌸🌺🌿 A major attraction within the temple is its abbot's quarters and the garden. Like traditional Japanese houses, the floor of the abbot's quarters is elevated. 🌸🌺🌿 You can sit close to the garden with your legs dangling, enjoying the ecological landscape within the garden. 🌿🌼 #JizoInTemple 🌺#BambooTemple 🌿