Jinkōji (神光寺) & Jinkōji Ōketsubogun (神光寺横穴墓群)

Jinkoji (神光寺)

Jinkoji (神光寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in the Kawana District of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.  The temple was founded in 1492 and its honzon (the enshrined main image or principal deity of a Buddhist temple) is Fudo Myoo.  It is a branch temple of Shorenji, which was established by Kukai (posthumously called Kobo Daishi).

Inari shrine

It is the 74th temple of the Sagami-no-kuni Jun-Shikoku 88 Temples (相模国準四国八十八箇所), a replica pilgrimage of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.  The pilgrimage consists of 88 temples located in Fujisawa, Chigasaki, Samukawa, and Izumi Ward of Yokohama.

A small Inari shrine stands at the southern edge of the temple grounds.

Beneath the shrine are the Jinkoji Oketsubogun (神光寺横穴墓群), cliff kofun (tombs) believed to date back to the Nara period (710-794).  Excavations have uncovered artifacts such as Sue pottery.

Jinkoji Oketsubogun (神光寺横穴墓群)