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-ji는 시코쿠 88개 사찰 순례의 5번 사찰로, 순례자들의 초반 참배지 중 하나입니다.

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