Seeing a big Kukai statue in Imayama Daishi temple, Nobeoka

We went to Miyazaki and Kumamoto for 2 days on October 17 and 18. 

First, we had decided to take a drive to Imayama Daishi (今山大師), a Shingon Buddhist temple in the heart of Nobeoka city, Miyazaki. 

The history goes back to 1839, when a disease was rampant in Nobeoka. The followers of Kukai who served as Naito Masayoshi, the seventh Daimyo of Nobeoka Domain. They bought a seated statue of Kobo Daishi from Kongobu-ji Temple in Kii Province and built Daishi-an to prevent an epidemic.

When we went up the stairs, we'll see the main temple. 

The bronze statue of Kukai. It is said to be the largest in Japan🗾, with a height of 17 meters and a weight of 11 tons, and was opened on April 18, 1957. 

The Nobeoka city center seen from the observation deck on roof. 

After that we went to Imayama Hachimangu Shrine built in 750.