Amabiki Kannon (雨引山楽法寺) 雨引山楽法寺(雨引観音)
Peacocks roam free in the courtyard; the eight-armed Kannon is shown on just one Sunday a year.
Temple of the Shingon Toyosan school, twenty-fourth on the pilgrimage of the thirty-three Kannon of Bandō, which tradition says was founded in 587 by a monk who came from Liang China. According to legend, Emperor Saga gave it its name after a prayer at the temple ended a drought; it was restored in 1254 by Prince Munetaka and again in the Kemmu era by Ashikaga Takauji.
Ibaraki
本木, 本木