Kawasaki Daisi ( 川 崎 大師 ), also Heiken-ji ( 平 間 寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in Kawasaki , Japan . Founded in 1128, serves as the headquarters of the Tisan sect ( . 山 派 ) of Shingon Buddhist school. Kawasaki Daisi is a popular place for Hatsumode (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year). In 2006, 2.72 million people spent the Hatsumode , the third place in Japan and the first in Kanagawa Prefecture . In 2016, the temple made preparations in order to receive 3 million visitors during the same period [2] . Keikyu Corporation , the oldest railway company in the Kanto region , began operations in January 1899 with the goal of delivering passengers to Kawasaki Dishi from Tokyo .
| Buddhist temple | |
| Kawasaki dishi | |
|---|---|
| 川 崎 大師 | |
 Kawasaki Dishi Main Hall | |
| A country |  Japan |
| Location | 4-48 Daishi-machi, Kawasaki District, Kawasaki |
| Denomination | Shingon |
| Founder | Sonken, Kanenori [1] |
| Building | 1128 |
| Site | kawasakidaishi.com |
Officially, Heiken-ji is called Congosan Kinjoyin Heiken-ji ( 金剛山 金 乗 院 平 間 寺 ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 川 崎 大師 の 歴 史 (Japanese) (inaccessible link) . Kawasaki Daishi. Date of treatment May 25, 2015. Archived on May 8, 2015.
- ↑ Shichijo, Roland 500,000 visitors descend on Ueno's Ameyoko market . Tokyo Reporter (December 31, 2016). - “Meanwhile in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, craftsmen at the Kawasaki Daishi Buddhist temple were making preparations to welcome some 3 million visitors over the sangainichi period, meaning the first three days of the New Year from Jan. 1 to Jan. 3, TV Asahi reports (Dec. 31). ” Archived December 31, 2016.