TsukuBlog
A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
On Feb.11 Every Year- A Shower of Snacks at Tsukuba`s Venerable Izumi Kosodate Kannon Temple ( Keiryu-Ji) - 泉子育観音 慶龍寺 の 年越大祭 ( 豆まき) -CANCELLED in 2021
10 February, 2021
Last year on the day of the MAME MAKI Festival at the KOSODATE KANNON ( KEIRYU-JI). The silver sheet on the left was put up for protection from the frosty winds blowing on that day.
By Avi Landau
For centuries, when parents and grandparents in the villages and towns of southern Ibaraki Prefecture have wanted to pray for their children`s growth, health, safety, and future success, they have come to a temple associated with the Shingon Sect of Buddhism, located near the banks of the Sakura River, in the neighborhood of Izumi, near the foot of Mt Tsukuba. Though officially bearing the name KEIRYU-JI (慶龍寺) – as it was founded by a priest called KEIRYU-SHONIN back in the year 1618, it is much