Togenuki Jizo

Jizo is a guardian deity of children.
Togenuki Jizo is a Temple in Sugamo and famous for relief of pain.

Jizo itself is not open to public but you can get papers with a picture of Jizo.
This paper is believed to relief the pain if you put it on the place of pain.

This is from the old story that a woman who swallowed a needle by mistake was saved by this paper. After she swallowed this paper with water by the instruction of a monk, she threw up a needle and recovered.

There's a stone statue of Arai-Kannon in front yard and it has a queue of the people to wait for washing the statue. It is believed that your pain will be relieved when you wash the place of the pain.

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<The Nearest Station>

JR Sugamo Station on Yamanote Line
Sugamo station on Mita Line (I15/Toei Subway)

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The shopping street from the station to the temple is popular among senior people.
I feel I become taller when I walk on this street.
It's called "Grandmother's Harajuku". Harajuku is a popular town for teenagers.

At the entrance of the shopping street there's another temple which has one of Edo six Jizos.
Edo six Jizos are sitting statues of Jizo built in early 18th century and 5 of them exists now. All of them are in the same size. It's about 2.7 m high.

1. Shinagawaji Temple in Shinagawa (Tokaido)
2. Touzenji Temple in Asakusa (Oshu Kaido)
3. Taisouji Temple in Shinjuku (Koshu Kaido)
4. Shinshoji Temple in Sugamo (Nakasendo)
5. Reiganji Temple in Kiyosumi Shirakawa (Mito Kaido)
6. Eitaiji Temple (Not Exist now) in Tomioka (Chiba Kaido)

Shinshoji Temple