How to enjoy
Shodoshima Great Kannon
We're introducing a model course for visiting Shodoshima Great Kannon.
May the light of happiness gently envelop you.
May the light of happiness gently envelop you.
At the entrance to the Great Kannon there is a "Happiness Station" and a bus stop.
Look up at the Great Kannon statue and ring the bell with a calm mind to mark the beginning of your visit.
As a couple, place your left and right hands on the stone and make a wish.
Offer the fragrance to Kannon and put your hands together in prayer.
This is a fortune-telling method practiced in temples in Hong Kong and Taiwan, allowing you to divine good and bad fortune.
This is the reception area. We look forward to welcoming you.
Please leave your Goshuin book before your visit, and we will return it to you when you leave.
For 1,000 yen per person, you can wear a traditional Sri Lankan sari and stroll around the grounds of the Shodoshima Great Kannon.
This is a place for everyone to enter and calm their minds. Please touch the crystal and pray.
The current length of the Great Prayer Beads is about 120m. We are challenging the Guinness World Record with a string of happiness beads.
For those who wish, we offer it for 1,000 yen per volume.
With the hope of everyone's happiness, about 14,000 Kannon statues are currently enshrined.
The main deity of the Shodoshima Great Kannon gently envelops the visitors.
For those who wish, we offer it for 500 yen per stick. Please see here for details.
Please write your prayer on a handkerchief.
Twelve Zodiac Guardian Deities
Visit the principal deity of your Twelve Zodiac Guardian Deities sign.
You can see the Seto Inland Sea from the back and the scenery of Shodoshima from the front.
Let's dedicate it with a wish for happiness.
This is a misanga (bracelet) from Sri Lanka, prayed for by Sri Lankan monks. Let's tie it with a prayer.
Let's offer flowers to Buddha, who loves flowers, with a wish.
こちらに佛歯がお祀りされております。写真撮影禁止のため、参拝者のみご覧いただけます。
with Kannon
There is a rumor that taking a photo together will bring you happiness.
One Hundred Kannon are enshrined here. You can look up at the Great Kannon from the closest point.
You can interact with goats and horses.
*Please interact at your own risk.
*Please interact at your own risk.
