The main statue is actually a nested pair: a tiny 5.5cm Shogun Jizo carved by Kobo Daishi sits hidden inside a larger Enmei Jizo statue carved centuries later.

Only about 200 of the original 500 arhat statues survive today after a careless visitor caused a devastating fire in 1915 that destroyed much of the hall.

Jizo-ji ist Tempel Nr. 5 auf der Shikoku-Pilgerreise mit 88 Tempeln und gehört damit zu den frühen Stationen für Pilger.

An 800-year-old ginkgo tree called Tarachine Ginkgo has witnessed the temple's entire modern history, turning brilliant gold each autumn.