Japanese Name: 下山観音堂
Romanized Reading: Shimoyama Kannondou
English Translation: Lower Mountain Kannon Hall
Size: Big side temple of Daisenji
Deity: Kannon
Fox Count: 6
First Visit: 23-Sep-2018
Location: Daisen
Address: 9 Daisen, Daisen-chō, Saihaku-gun, Tottori-ken 689-3318
Coordinates: 35.3911499,133.5343679
The first fox place that I should find on my epic ride and hike up Mt. Daisen on the autumn equinox of 2018. This one is located at over 800m (and I started from sea level), this one is close to halfway up. A side temple of Daisenji (大山寺 "Great Mountain Temple"), this one is one of those rare Buddhist temples that feature foxes as their guardians. A pair of life-sized stone foxes wearing Shimenawa collars watch over this temple, and to their feet sit two small-to-tiny stone foxes each.
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