Nakayama-dera Temple, Osaka
Nakayama-dera is the 24th temple on the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage.
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.
Nakayamadera Temple hondo.
Praying at the temple is said to assure women of an easy childbirth.
An escalator enables pregnant women to reach the hondo.
