Cultural Assets－Temples and Shrines

A temple of the Omuro sect of Shingon Buddhism, Kinyu-ji is located along the route to Kazefukigoe, one of the 28 mountain passes mentioned in the Katsurei-zakki. Records indicate that in the late Kamakura Period, the temple had multiple halls and towers. Today, the Kannon-in hall is the only one from the Kamakura Period. The temple’s origins goes back to when En no Gyoja carved a statue of Nyoirin Kannon, built a hut, and prayed to Kinpu and Kumano to appear here as guardian deities. Thus the temple’s name in kanji takes the kanji from Kinpu and Kumano. The principal object of worship is a Nyoirin Kannon statue that dates back to the late Muromachi Period.