Overview
A man-made cave in Sakae ward, Yokohama, its walls carved with Buddhas and Buddhist tales.
About this place
A huge artificial cave within the grounds of Josen-ji Temple in Taya-cho, Sakae Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, said to have existed since the Kamakura period. It is a hand-dug underground space about 570 m long, with about 250 reliefs carved on the walls and ceiling, including mandalas and the Eighteen Arhats. Its formal name is Tayasan Yuga-do, and it is a training cave of Shingon esoteric Buddhism. It is also a replica pilgrimage site of the 88 Kannon statues of the Shikoku pilgrimage.
Source kanagawa-kankou.or.jp ↗Official website
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