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Kochi, Kochi Prefecture
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The temple's name comes from five types of grain seeds that Kobo Daishi brought back from China and planted on the temple grounds in the 9th century.
Korean priests fleeing a storm in 577 carved a 145 cm Yakushi Nyorai statue on this mountain. Two centuries later, Kobo Daishi found it and built the temple around it.
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The temple's name comes from five types of grain seeds that Kobo Daishi brought back from China and planted on the temple grounds in the 9th century.
Korean priests fleeing a storm in 577 carved a 145 cm Yakushi Nyorai statue on this mountain. Two centuries later, Kobo Daishi found it and built the temple around it.
Tanema-ji is Temple No. 34 on the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage in Kochi.
Pregnant women receive a ladle with the bottom removed as an amulet. If they have a safe delivery, they return the bottomless ladle to the temple as thanks.
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