Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 3:19 pm

Takahata Fudōson Temple III

上杉憲顕の墳

上杉憲顕は氏憲の子、享徳4年正月(1455年)足利成氏の軍と立川河原に会戦、深手を負い高幡寺に入り自刃した。自然石はその墓標で、俗間信仰に茶湯石(服石)と言い、百か日忌払い供養の伝承がある。(鎌倉大草紙)


鐘楼


大師堂, Daishi Dō

弘法大師堂/昭和9年再興
多摩四国八十八ヶ所、山内四国八十八ヶ所の第八十八番打ち止めの霊堂。御めい日は毎月21日。

稲荷社

五輪塔, Gorin Tō


弁天堂, Benten Dō

弁天池の島に建つ朱塗りの小堂で、福徳弁財天を祀っています。

Benten pond (弁天池, Benten Ike).

Benten Bridge (弁天橋, Benten Bashi)

交通安全祈願殿

This hall is located right in front of the carpark and next to Benten Dō. Afterall, this is where the devotees pray for traffic safety!

Cemetery



Japanese cemeteries are clean and well-organised.

Statues, Sculptures and Poems

(Above:) Hijikata Toshizō (土方歳三) was the deputy leader of Shinsengumi, a young, small but talented group of Japanese swordsmen who tried to resist the Meiji
Restoration and failed. ~Wikipedia

(Above:) 大観音像: Built on the second year of Meiji. It's total height is 21 feet.

(Above:) 大師像



(Above:) This guy? Nope. I have no idea who he is either... I didn't have a tour guide!

(Above:) 花塚: 毎年11月23日に花塚供養が行われます。お花に関係の深い方々が花の供養のために建てた塚です。

Miscellaneous


(Above:) Fortune-telling for 200 yen? Hmm, rather expensive but I got one as a souvenir.

(Above:) Oh, it's totally in Japanese and as expected, I don't know a thing about what the content is... Perhaps, I'll get Kaneko Sensei to translate for me...

(Above:) One final shot in the compound before leaving. These stalls sell souvenirs and food.

(Above:) Here's a map of the whole place. Taken from this website, which unfortunately is in Japanese.

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1 comment:

chin kimg said...

i am impressed
seriously
the photos or rather
the buildings are really cool
not all due to ur skill
dont be too happy
now i wanna go to japan
so many things to see
sigh
too bad there's nothing much to see in spore or KL:(
damn u guys are lucky