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Mount Nokogiri Nihonji (Jigoku-nozoki, the Look into Hell)

Chiba · · Nature & Scenery

Japanese name: 鋸山 日本寺（地獄のぞき）

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A temple partway up 329-metre Mount Nokogiri, with Japan's largest cliff-carved Buddha and a jutting rock called the look into hell.

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A temple partway up 329-metre Mount Nokogiri, with Japan's largest cliff-carved Buddha and a jutting rock called the look into hell.

About this place

A temple on the southern slope of Mt. Nokogiri in Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture. Founded in 725 by the priest Gyoki on the imperial decree of Emperor Shomu, it is the oldest imperial prayer site in the Kanto region. Across grounds of more than 100,000 tsubo are scattered cliff-carved Buddhas, a 100-shaku Kannon statue and a statue of the 1,500 Arhats. From the Jigoku Nozoki (Hell Peek) in the summit area, the tip of a projecting rock offers views of the Boso Peninsula, Mt. Fuji and the Miura Peninsula.

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