Hase-dera

Hase-dera is one of the Buddhist temples in the town of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wood statue of Kannon. The temple at the beginning belonged to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, however sooner or later became an unbiased temple of the Jodo shu. Legend has it that the temple turned into set up in the Tenpyu generation 729-749 C.E.. However, documents at the temple endorse that the temple genuinely came into its very own all through the Kamakura duration 1192-1333.

The temple sits about half of-manner up Mount Kamakura, southwest of the metropolis of Kamakura. The temple commands an impressive view over Yuigahama. Seven buildings make up the temple complicated. The temple is built on stages and additionally includes a cave. The cave, called benten kutsu Benzaiten Grotto, incorporates a long winding tunnel with a low ceiling and various statues and devotionals to Benzaiten, the ocean goddess and the simplest lady of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japanese mythology. The temple is famous for its hydrangeas, which bloom along the Hydrangea Path in June and July.