Coming into Misumi after passing the huge power station at Okami, I stopped in at Reikoji Temple.
It is quite a bit more substantial than many local village temples, with some nice greenery, and it is now a Jodo Shinshu sect temple with a statue of Shinran, the founder of the sect.
I suspect it may have been a different sect in the past. It is one of the Hamada Domain Kannon pilgrimage temples, and Jodo Shinshu usually have Amida as honzon, so may have inherited the Kannon when it changed sects.
The carvings of the komainu on the gate were quite special, as was the small hillside landscaping. I can find no other information, unfortunately.
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