Nakayama-dera Temple
Nakayama-dera is the 24th temple on the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage. |
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Main gate of Nakayamadera Temple. |
According to legend, a "fallen woman" came to hide in the temple but her hair got caught in the temple bell rope, tearing out a bald spot on top of her head that looked like a monk's tonsure. Thereafter, the woman repented and devoted her life to Kannon. |
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Nakayamadera Temple hondo. |
Praying at the temple is said to assure women of an easy childbirth. |
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An escalator enables pregnant women to reach the hondo. |
