Kogan-ji was founded in 1596, giving Togenuki Jizoson more than 400 years of history.

Visitors wash specific body parts on the Arai Kannon statue that match their ailments—if you have a headache, you wash the statue's head; back pain means washing the statue's back to seek healing.

The temple's nickname 'Togenuki' (thorn removal) comes from a legend where a maid who swallowed a needle safely coughed it up after eating a paper talisman bearing the Jizo deity's image.

Though founded in 1596, the temple relocated to its current Sugamo location in 1891, making the present site over 130 years old while the temple itself dates back over 425 years.