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Shikoku Pilgrimage Temple 34 Tanema-ji

Tanema-ji, which means "seed sowing temple" is Temple number 24 of the pilgrinmage. The name refers to a legend that Kukai planted 5 kinds of seeds that he brought back from China. It is said that Kukai founded the temple though the honzon, a Yakushi Nyorai, is supposedly carved by a Korean monk centuries before Kukai. The temple is famous for women who pray here for a safe childbirth



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