Kitasengakuji

Sendai Ji Temple in Hokkaido

Original Text

The landmark is a large sign called Ako 47 Yoshishino Tomb, where National Highway No. 12 branches in two directions with the direction of Takigawa city. It seems that the reason why the temple of the Jodo sect, which is the principal image of Amida Nyorai, called itself Hokusengakuji Temple, which is related to Yoshishi, is that the first chief priest was an enthusiastic worshiper of Yoshishi Ako. As a result of the repeated petition, the name was finally allowed from Sendai Ji Temple in Takanawa, and the soil of the grave of the yoshishi was divided into 47 wooden boxes and brought back. The graveyard was built ...