Naritasan Shingoji Temple

What is Naritasan?

What is Naritasan anyway? Where is it located?
I am sure some of you may be wondering.

Naritasan” is a title given to temples and other structures called ”Sangou. Naritasan is the mountain name (title) of Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, the head temple of the Chizan School of Shingon Buddhism, located in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture.

The temple was founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai with the image of Fudo Myoo as its principal deity.
For more information, please visit the website of Daihonzan Naritasan.

Fujieda Naritasan Information

Fujieda Naritasan seems to be visited all year round by people who pray for traffic safety, family safety, prosperity in business, protection from bad luck, safe delivery, success in school, and so on.
Shingo-ji Temple was founded in the Meiji era (1868-1912), and although it is not very spacious, there are a variety of Buddhist statues here.

Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)

statue of Hotei the Hotei sect (of Buddhism)　

statue of Kobo-Daishi practicing asceticism

Āryācalanātha

Avalokitesvara (bodhisattva of mercy and salvation)

There were also various other Buddhist statues, including a statue of a bokeh-removing deity, Jizo-son, Inari-daimyojin, the Twelve Guardian Spirits of the Zodiac, and Suiko Jizo-son.

Fujieda Naritasan is located just inside the east gate of Fujieda-juku on the Tokaido Highway. Click here for an article on Fujieda-juku

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No.22　Fujieda-juku (Old Tokaido Highway) The 22nd inn counting from Shinagawa is Fujieda-juku. The above Ukiyoe by Hiroshige depicts the transfer of luggage in front of a wholesale store at Fujieda-...