药王寺

药王寺创建于726年,是四国88所寺庙巡礼的第23号札所。

Pilgrims drop coins on each of the 136 stone steps (33 for women's unlucky years, 42 for men's, and 61 for age 60) to ward off bad luck. Each step has a character from a sacred sutra buried beneath it.

The temple's main Buddha statue is called the 'backward-facing Yakushi Nyorai' because it miraculously flew away during a 1188 fire, then returned and entered its case facing the wrong direction after the temple was rebuilt.

Yakuo-ji有三座特别命名的石阶:女厄坂、男厄坂和还历坂,每座都与特定年龄的厄运信仰相关。