Nanzoin Temple in Tokyo

Narihira-san Tosen-ji (or Nanzoin) is a Buddhist temple in Katsushika, Tokyo, near the Mizumoto Park.
It was founded in 1348 and the current complex is a post-war reconstruction. This temple is famous for the “Bound Jizo” discussed in the Case of the Bound Jizo of Ooka Tadasuke, a famous judge in Edo (Tokyo) during the Edo period.

Visitors at the temple make a wish to the Bound Jizo (the stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu) and they bind it with ropes. When the wish is fulfilled, they unbind it.

Address: 2-28-25 Higashi-Mizumoto, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo.
Access: About 15-min walk from Kanamachi Station of the JR Joban Line or the Keisei Kanamachi Line.

photos: Junko Nagata © Japanbyweb.com