page_title: Hase-dera (Kamakura)
section_title: Temple grounds
hierarchical_section_title: Hase-dera (Kamakura) / Temple grounds
caption_attribution_description: English: Jizō on the grounds of Hase-dera temple in Kamakura, Japan
context_page_description: Hase-dera, commonly called the Hase-kannon is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon.
  The temple originally belonged to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, but eventually became an independent temple of the Jōdo-shū.
context_section_description: The temple is built on two levels and also includes a cave. The cave, called benten kutsu (Benzaiten Grotto), contains a long winding tunnel with a low ceiling and various statues and devotionals to Benzaiten, the sea goddess and the only female of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japanese mythology.
  The temple is famous for its hydrangeas, which bloom along the Hydrangea Path in June and July.
  The grounds of the temple are home to hundreds of small Jizō statues, placed by parents mourning offspring lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.  These statues remain in place for about a year, before being removed to make way for more statues; it is estimated that some 50,000 Jizō statues have been placed at Hase-dera since World War II.
caption: Jizō statues at Jizō-Do
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