Fujii-dera

Fujii-dera (葛井寺), officially Shiun-san Fujii-dera (紫雲山 葛井寺), is a Buddhist temple in Fujiidera, Osaka Prefecture. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Omuro-ha school and is best known for its honzon, a National Treasure statue of Senjū Jūichimen Kannon. The temple is an important Kannon pilgrimage site and the fourth stop on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. The temple’s history dates back to the early Japanese Buddhist tradition in the Osaka area, and it remains a major religious site in the region. Visitors come for its main worship hall and the Kannon image, which is central to the temple’s identity and practice. The site reflects the long-standing role of Kannon devotion in western Japan.