The Aragyo at Chosho-ji Temple

(長勝寺荒行)

Date

2019.02.11

Description

Buddhist monks who have been eating rice porridge for and performing the purification ceremony involving water called "suigyo" for 100 days, arrive to the temple grounds to perform their very last. They enter accompanied by drums and proceed to dump water over their heads while chanting sutra.

Location

Kamakura City
Kanagawa

Access Map (アクセスと地図)