Nakanokawachi Jizo-do is known locally as Kakurin-ji, the 20th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage that Nakanokawachi Jizo-do represents on this miniature version of the pilgrimage.
Though there is a very narrow road that passes near the temple, the best route is via a steep trail.
Yesterday was almost completely on asphalt roads, but it seems today there will be quite a bit of trails for those who walk the pilgrimage.
The honzon is a Jizo, and there are also many other statues around, including a couple of Fudo.
However, the most intriguing was a Kuginuki Jizo, a nail-pulling Jizo, within a giant pair of pincers.
This seems to derive from a more famous nail-pulling Jizo in Kyoto, and the background being that the "nails" to be pulled are karmic sufferings from a previous life.
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