Mizusawa-dera

Mizusawa-dera - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in the city of Shibukawa in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Its honzon is a bronze statue of . The temple is also referred to as simply the . It is the 16th stop on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage route of 33 temples sacred to Kannon in the Kantō region. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: Asuka period (?)
official website: http://www.mizusawakannon.or.jp/index.php

Source: en.wikipedia.org