S P O T ／ SPOT-153
Hoshuzan Daikannon-ji (Golden Daikannon & Karaoke Kannon)
寶珠山大観音寺（純金大観音・カラオケ観音）ほうしゅざんだいかんのんじ（じゅんきんだいかんのん・からおけかんのん）
A Shingon Buddhist temple founded in 1982 in front of Kintetsu Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station in Tsu City. Its centerpiece is a 33-meter Golden Daikannon statue covered with approximately 1 ton of gold leaf, with many additional Buddhist images inside and out. The grounds also feature 'Manbai-gama,' said to be the world's largest cauldron and based on the Kobo Daishi legend of one grain of rice multiplying ten-thousand-fold; 'Karaoke Kannon,' a kannon dedicated to singers and microphone professionals; and walking grounds replicating the Shikoku 88-Temple and 100-Kannon pilgrimages. The site is operated jointly with the adjacent Louvre Sculpture Museum (spot-154), forming an unusually theme-park-like religious complex.
H I G H L I G H T S
Highlights
- 0133m Golden Daikannon covered in 1 ton of gold leaf
- 02'Manbai-gama' (world's largest cauldron) and 'Karaoke Kannon'
- 03Religious 'theme park' adjacent to the Louvre Sculpture Museum
A C C E S S ／ M E T A
Essentials
- Location
- Mie Tsu
- Address
- 三重県津市白山町佐田1957
- Fee
- Adults 800 yen (high school and above)
- Hours
- 9:30–17:00, open year-round
- Status
- 現存（営業中）
- Official
- https://www.daikannon.or.jp/
R E F E R E N C E