Kannon Hall in Prince Hotel Garden

Pretty Buddhist hall moved from a temple in Nara

Takako Sakamoto Jan 23, 2015 - 1 min read

<p>Looking up at Kannon Hall in the Japanese Garden</p>

<p>Bronze lantern and bare trees in shadow with the tall Prince Sakura Tower Tokyo in the background</p>

<p>Kannon hall seen from the entrance gate</p>

<p>A girl praying in front of Kannon Hall</p>

<p>Inside the Kannon Hall, the statue of the Eleven-faced Goddess of Mercy is placed. This statue is said to have bene created during the Muromachi Period (1337 to 1573).</p>

<p>Looking at Kannon Hall through red leaves</p>

<p>A girl in thought sitting on the outside veranda of Kannon Hall looking into the space</p>

There is a pretty red Kannon Hall inside the Japanese Garden of Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa. This hall even has an entrance gate as though it's an individual temple. Visitors pass through the gate to pay homage at this hall daily. It was moved from Chokyuji Temple in Nara in 1954 and inside, there is the statue of the Eleven-faced Goddess of Mercy as the principal Buddhist image. When I visited here, there was a girl who was also visiting the hall. She prayed fervently in front of it for a long time, then sat on the outside veranda to reflect. Maybe this is a good place to be alone and ponder in the midst of the busy metropolis Tokyo.

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Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...