Kinomoto Jizo-in is a temple dedicated to people with eye problems. The legend goes that there is a frog living in the temple that pluck out its own e

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Kinomoto Jizo-in is a temple dedicated to people with eye problems. The legend goes that there is a frog living in the temple that pluck out its own eye in order to help people with eye diseases to receive blessings from the Jizo to cure their eye problems. The highlight of the temple is There is an Edo period garden on the north side of the Shoin. It makes much use of a hill serving as a backdrop or borrowed scenery, on the right side there is a karetaki ishigumi dry waterfall rock arrangement. Within the pond there is a tortoise island done in a Horaisan water display

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Size: 6240px × 4160px
Location: Kinomotocho Kinomoto, Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Photo credit: © John Lander / Alamy / Afripics
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