Visited Ishite-ji temple during my visit to Matsuyama. It is called the temple of the 'stone in the hand' and there is a parable of how the temple came into existence. It is an old temple which is situated on the Ishite river and was built in 728. Ishite-ji is one of the 88 temples on the sacred piligramage on Shikoku island.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Visited Ishite-ji temple during my visit to Matsuyama. It is called the temple of the 'stone in the hand' and there is a parable of how the temple came into existence. It is an old temple which is situated on the Ishite river and was built in 728. Ishite-ji is one of the 88 temples on the sacred piligramage on Shikoku island.
Had the good fortune to be visiting Ishite-ji when a festival was happening. It is quite intense when they were tossing out the ceremonial rice cakes, the crowd crushed and hurdled themselves towards the rice cakes. It is considered good fortune to get the rice cakes.
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