Fukuishi Kannon, Sasebo

In the evening, we went to Fukuishi Kannon (福石観音), a Buddhist temple of Shingon-shu Chizanha in Sasebo. The temple was founded in the early 8th century.

The statue of Prince Shotoku at the entrance of temple.

We went up stairs to the main temple.

The Kannon-do main temple. The Eleven-faced Kannon, which said to have carved by a priest known as Gyoki, is in the main temple building. It is one of the seven famous kannon statues in the Kyushu Island.

The bell tower seen from the main temple.

After that we went to see the 500 Rakan cave behind the main hall. Because it is on the mountain side, we have to go up the steep stairs to there.

 There are 500 arhat statues in the cave which Kukai is enshrined.

Taking a short break, we went further up to the hill.

We could see the main temple building on the way.

We saw a big stone called Zazen-iwa (座禅岩) on the hill of Mount Fukuishi.