Senganji Temple, number 9 on the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage, sits on a steep hillside overlooking the small town of Kawamoto on the Gonokawa River.It is a Soto Zen temple with a Jizo for a honzon, and was founded in 1576.It was originally located in a valley to the west but was burned down, quite ossibly due to warfare.On to of the mountain was a castle belonging to the Ogasawara Clan who