Shiofune Kannon-ji Temple

According to legend, Shiofune Kannon-ji Temple is said to have opened when Yao Bikuni set a Kannon statue there around 645-650. Yao Bikuni was a nun in the “legend of longevity” of the Wakasa area in Japan, and it is said that she lived to be 800 years old after she ate mermaid meat.
This site is surrounded by small hills and is shaped like a ship. So it is believed that the Shiofune was named after a ship called Kuzei no Fune in Buddhist terms, which was a ship that Buddha used to carry people that he saved from suffering and to send them to the shores of enlightenment.

Facility information

Address: 194 Shiobune, Ome, Tokyo

Transportation: A 40-minute walk from Kabe Station / Higashi-Ome Station on the JR Ome Line,
Take a bus from the north exit of Kabe Station and get off at the "Shiofune Kannon Iriguchi" bus stop, then walk for 10 minutes

Charge: Adults (junior high school students or older): 300 yen
Children (elementary school students or younger): 100 yen.

※ There are entry fees during the "Azalea Festival".

Website: http://www.shiofunekannonji.or.jp/

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Shiofune Kannon-ji Temple