Syakuzoji Temple
Syakuzoji Temple（石像寺） is locally known as Kuginuki Jizo or “Kuginuki-san.Kugi means nail and nuki means to pull out.
Legend has it that “Jizo Bodhisattva appeared in a dream and cured a merchant suffering from a hand ailment by removing two nails from his hand.”It is called “Kugi-nuki Jizo ” because it pulls out suffering.
Not a few people dedicate an ema (votive tablet) with two nails and a nail puller.
Access from Kyoto Station to Syakuzoji Temple takes about 30 minutes by bus.
Syakuzoji Temple Map
| opening hours | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| regular closing day | without a holiday |
| entrance fee | free |
| bus stop | City bus Senbon Kamidachiuri bus stop |
| station | Randen Kitano-hakubai-cho Station※Approx. 20 min. on foot※Approx. 30 minutes from Kuramaguchi Subway Station |
| parking lot | No parking |
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