【神奈川／観光名所】鎌倉長谷寺／長谷観音の名で親しまれる紫陽花の名所 – Hasedera Temple of Kamakura in KANAGAWA, JAPAN –

長谷寺は、神奈川県鎌倉市にある寺院。往古より「長谷観音」の名で親しまれている寺です。本尊は日本最大級の木造仏像である十一面観音像。坂東三十三観音霊場の第四番札所。
寺伝によれば、天平8年（736年）、奈良の長谷寺を開基した徳道が、十一面観音像を本尊として開山したといいます。聖武天皇の治世下に勅願所と定められた鎌倉有数の古刹であります。養老5年（721年）に徳道は奈良の山中で見つけた楠の大木から二体の十一面観音を造り、その一体が奈良長谷寺の観音像となり、もう一体を祈請の上で海に流しました。その15年後に三浦半島に流れ着いた観音像を鎌倉に安置して開いたのが、長谷寺であるとされています。
長谷寺は、足利尊氏や足利義満、徳川家康など歴代の権力者から庇護を受けてきました。観音堂をはじめとする主な伽藍は海を見晴らす山腹に建てられています。境内は、四季を通じて花が絶えることなく、特に40種類2500株のアジサイが彩る境内は、鎌倉でも有数の景勝地となっています。この情景を求め、梅雨時になると多くの参拝者が訪れる名所であります。

鎌倉三十三観音霊場／浄土宗／鎌倉江の島七福神／神奈川県鎌倉市
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Hasedera Temple is located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. It has been known as “Hase Kannon” since ancient times. The principal image is the eleven-sided Kannon statue, which is one of the largest wooden Buddha statues in Japan. It is the fourth temple of the 33 sacred places of the Kannon Sacred Shrine in Bando.
According to temple legend, the temple was founded in 736 by Tokudo, the founder of Hase-ji Temple in Nara, with a statue of the eleven-faced Kannon as its principal image. It is one of the oldest temples in Kamakura and was designated as a place of imperial worship under the reign of Emperor Shomu. In 721 (5th year of Yoro), Tokudo made two eleven-faced Kannon statues from a large camphor tree he found in the mountains of Nara, one of which became the statue of Kannon at Hase-ji Temple in Nara, and the other one was washed into the sea after a prayer.
It is said that Hasedera was the place where the Kannon statue that arrived on the Miura Peninsula was placed and opened in Kamakura 15 years later.
Hasedera Temple has been patronized by successive rulers such as Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The main temple buildings, including Kannon-do, are built on a hillside overlooking the sea. The temple grounds are abundant with flowers throughout the four seasons, and in particular, the grounds, decorated with 2,500 hydrangea plants of 40 varieties, are one of the most scenic spots in Kamakura. Many visitors come to the shrine during the rainy season to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

The thirty-three Kannon temples in Kamakura / Jodo Sect / Kamakura Enoshima Seven Deities of Good Luck / Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture
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●Official Site
https://www.hasedera.jp/
●Access info
https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Tokyo-Station/Hase-dera-Kanagawa-Japan
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