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Rokuya Daibutsu gift shop『Kissako』

Tel. 080-9567-1319
E-mail info@entakuzan-houkouji.or.jp
Visiting hours 9：00 a.m. - 4：30 p.m. (entrance until 4：00 p.m.)

When arriving by train
Take the JR Itsukaichi line outbound to Musashi Itsukaichi→ Musashi Hikida Station and walk 25 minutes on foot ( 2.0 km)
When arriving by bus
From JR Fussa Station (west entrance), JR Akigawa Station, or
JR Musashi Itsukaichi Station, get off at “Shiozawa Houkouji mae”
and walk 5 minutes from the bus stop
When arriving by carGet off at Ken-O Expressway “Hinode IC” → Make a left turn atthe “Hinode Interchange” traffic light → Go straight for 2 km →Make a right turn at the “Shiozawa” traffic light → Go straight for
200 m → Make a left turn with the nursery school on the left →Go straight for 300 m → Parking lot

In Bunmei 10 (1478), temple founder monk IsenMonsai osho
came to Shiozawa and converted the bodhi Tendai sect Bodhi
temple to a Soto school temple called Houkouji Temple.
The many halls of this temple were all lost other than themain gate due to the many fires between the Edo period andROKUYADAIBUTSU

HOUKOUJI
TEMPLE→ikawa
To TachShiozawa Houkouji maeBus Stop
←To Ooguno

Meiji period. The 32nd generation chief priest Zengaku Shodo

Shikanoyu
BridgeKamihirai
Bus Stop

Hinode-machi
Town HallHirai Riverosho used blueprints from the Edo period to reconstruct theseven-structured temple compound. He prayed for people tobe at peace, and wanting to spread Buddhism in Nishitama,
pledged to build a daibutsu of Shakyamuni.

←To ItsukaichiItsukaichi line
Musashi Masuko
Sta.

Musashi Hikida
Sta.

To Itsukaichi
Highway↓→To Tachikawa

The founder did not just reconstruct the many halls. There
were the remains of a hot springs area (mineral springs)
called “Shikanoyu” in the temple grounds. These hotsprings were discovered by the founder 500 years ago.
Here we will describe the story of how the founderdiscovered the mineral springs.
One day, a single deer was wandering in front of thefounder's thatched hut. The founder took a close look, andnoticed that the deer's leg was wounded. The deer would
visit the founder day after day, wandering in front of his hut
each time in the same way. The founder found it odd, anddecided to follow it. When he did, he found out that thedeer had healed its wounded leg in a spring gushing forth ina valley north of the founder's hut. In no time, the deer's
injury healed and it left the mountain.
The founder named this spring “Shikanoyu,” which means“The Deer's Spring” in Japanese, and built a thatched hut
for people suffering from injuries along with a bathing room.
Rumors of this spring spread among the locals, and many
people started visiting.
“Shikanoyu” is said to be good for injuries and skin

Visiting hours

Open hours 9：00 a.m. - 4：30 p.m.
(entrance until 4：00 p.m.)

Visiting fees

Adults (middle school age and above) ¥300
Children (elementary school age)
¥100
Payment booth reception until 4：00 p.m.

diseases, having been very popular until the Meiji era, and it
is famous as one of Tama's seven hot springs.
The dying wishes of the 32nd generation chief priest who
had pledged to construct a daibutsu were inherited by the33rd generation chief priest. In Heisei 25 (2013), heestablished a construction committee for the daibutsu
construction project. The Buddha is revered by chanting“Rokuya Daibutsu” for several fateful reasons. These reasons
include the idea of approaching the Buddha at the top of
the mountain where the founder discovered the hot spring,and the mountain where it was discovered being named“Rokuyazan”.
The daibutsu is made of bronze and was cast in Yamagata.
A famous casting company in Yamagata city used techniquesfrom 1,000 years ago to create the daibutsu, which wascompleted by the hands of many artisans in Heisei 30(2018).
Rokuya Daibutsu (Buddhist name: Shakyamuni) total height (including pedestal) 18m, body height 12m, lotus base 3m, weight 60t,
eye length 0.8m, ear length 2m, mouth length 0.8m, knee width 10m