Kongōfuku-ji explained

Kongōfuku-ji 金剛福寺
Location:	Tosashimizu, Kōchi-ken
Religious Affiliation:	Shingon, Chisan sect
Deity:	Senju Kannon Bosatsu
Country:	Japan
Founded By:	Gyōki
Year Completed:	822

is a Buzan Shingon temple in Tosashimizu, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 38 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the deity that is worshipped at this temple is Sahasra-bhuja, or in Japanese.^[1] The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki in 822.

Kongōfuku-ji is 85 km south of Temple 37 (Iwamoto-ji) and can take an average pilgrim 30 hours to reach on foot. This is the furthest distance between two temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.^[2]

Buildings

• Hondō
• Sanmon:
• Shōrō
• : Shrine within the temple grounds to conduct Goma rituals to ask for blessing from deities. Goma is conducted by burning cedar sticks available for purchase next to the gomadō.^[3]

See also

• Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage
• Shikoku Henro Association Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kongofukuji Temple at Cape Ashizuri. Japan Travel. Japan Travel K.K.. 3 October 2017.
2. Web site: 金剛福寺. 四国八十八ヶ所霊場会. 四国八十八ヶ所霊場会. 3 October 2017.
3. Book: Covell. Stephen Grover. Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation. 2005. University of Hawaii Press. 0824829670. 2.