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 is Temple No. 5 on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, making it one of the early stops for pilgrims.

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