Image search results - "hatasho-cho" - JAPAN PHOTOS by Philbert Ono

Image search results - "hatasho-cho"

Note: The following photos were taken years ago. More recent photos are at the beginning of this album. Kongorinji is a Tendai Buddhist temple established in 741 and the middle temple in the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio. The main temple hall is a National Treasure housing an 11-faced Kannon statue and 13 other statues designated as Important Cultural Properties.

They come by the busloads. If possible, you should avoid visiting the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio and Eigenji during the weekend in fall. If possible, you should avoid visiting the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio and Eigenji during the weekend in fall.

Front gate. The temple was first built in 741 as ordered by Emperor Shomu. It later became a Tendai Buddhist temple in 850. It is famous for "blood-red" maple leaves in autumn. Map

They come by the busloads. If possible, you should avoid visiting the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio and Eigenji during the weekend in fall. If possible, you should avoid visiting the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio and Eigenji during the weekend in fall. Stone marker.

Foilage on the path

Nice path with fall colors

It's all too beautiful

Finally we see a building

And more leaves

Entering the path of little stone Jizo statues

More Jizo statues

1000 Jizo statues. On Aug. 9, the Jizo statues are lit with candles.

On Aug. 9, the Jizo statues are lit with candles.

On Aug. 9, the Jizo statues are lit with candles. Kongorinji temple in Aisho, Shiga.

On Aug. 9, the Jizo statues are lit with candles.

Tour bus parking halfway up the mountain

Gate to main hall. Tendai Buddhist temple established in 741 and the middle temple in the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio.

Kongorinji's main temple hall is a National Treasure housing an 11-faced Kannon statue and 13 other statues designated as Important Cultural Properties. Aisho, Shiga.