Hase-dera (Kamakura)

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Japan, 〒248-0016 Kanagawa-ken, Kamakura-shi, Hase, 3 Chome−11−２ 長谷寺

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N35° 18' 45" E139° 31' 59"   (35.3125, 139.53305555556) Start navigation »

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Hase-dera (海光山慈照院長谷寺, Kaikō-zan Jishō-in Hase-dera), commonly called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon.
The temple originally belonged to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, but eventually became an independent temple of the Jōdo shū.

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