Shiofune Kannon-ji

Shiofune Kannon-ji (塩船観音寺) is an active Shingon Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence, and a rights-cleared image of the site. Visit as a guest of a worshipping community: observe posted boundaries, keep rites and prayer unobstructed, and verify changing access information with the institution.

Shiofune Kannonji is the special head temple of the Daigo school of the Shingon sect, located in Shiofune, Ome City, Tokyo. The mountain name is Daihizan. The 72nd temple of the 88 sacred sites in the Kanto region, the 13th temple of Tokyo's 100 flower temples in eastern Japan, and the 59th temple of the 88 sacred sites in Okutama and Shikoku. Song: ``I won't forget, but I'll come to you, and I'll ride on the winding boat. '' According to legend, it began during the Taika era (645-650) when Yaobikuni of Wakasa Province enshrined a thousand-armed Kannon statue in purple gold. The name ``Shiofune'' is said to have come from Gyoki's visit to this area during the Tenpyo period (729 - 749), who compared it to the ``Kousen no Fune'', which was a boat of great desire on which Buddha attempted to save sentient beings, because it was surrounded by small hills and resembled the shape of a boat. Pilgrim Map presents this site through documented identity and living religious practice, not through star ratings or promises of transformation. Architecture and historical associations can help orient a visit, but they do not replace the meaning made by worship, teaching, memorial practice, service, and care. Visitors should distinguish institutional tradition from independently documented history, especially where a foundation narrative, miraculous account, political memory, or popular origin claim is involved. Approach slowly, read the room before acting, and allow regular worshippers to set the pace.

Shiofune Kannonji is the special head temple of the Daigo school of the Shingon sect, located in Shiofune, Ome City, Tokyo. The mountain name is Daihizan. The 72nd temple of the 88 sacred sites in the Kanto region, the 13th temple of Tokyo's 100 flower temples in eastern Japan, and the 59th temple of the 88 sacred sites in Okutama and Shikoku. Song: ``I won't forget, but I'll come to you, and I'll ride on the winding boat. '' According to legend, it began during the Taika era (645-650) when Yaobikuni of Wakasa Province enshrined a thousand-armed Kannon statue in purple gold. The name ``Shiofune'' is said to have come from Gyoki's visit to this area during the Tenpyo period (729 - 749), who compared it to the ``Kousen no Fune'', which was a boat of great desire on which Buddha attempted to save sentient beings, because it was surrounded by small hills and resembled the shape of a boat.

Shiofune Kannon-ji belongs to the living Shingon Buddhism context documented by its institutional and exact-entity sources.

A map can show the threshold of Shiofune Kannon-ji; it cannot determine what the place means for every devotee. Quiet attention is more responsible than assigning a single mood, energy, or spiritual effect. Notice how people prepare to enter, where they pause, and which spaces remain protected, while avoiding imitation or intrusion.

The cited sources identify Shiofune Kannon-ji as an exact Shingon Buddhism institution and provide the bounded historical context summarized here.

The site's present form reflects continuity as well as rebuilding, institutional change, and the work of successive communities. Specific claims are limited to the cited record.

Enter quietly, bow at thresholds where local custom indicates, and make offerings only at the provided place. Clapping is not part of ordinary Buddhist temple worship. Incense, chanting, copying sutras, or circumambulation should be joined only when the temple invites visitors to do so.

Current practice and participation at Shiofune Kannon-ji follow the institution's own guidance. Do not infer permission from what another visitor does.

Notice the threshold, the order of movement, and the care given to sacred objects without turning observation into performance.

Begin with the site's present threshold rather than a checklist. Put away conversation and devices when worship is underway, yield to people making offerings or attending services, and accept closures without pressing for access. A respectful visit may be brief. Its value does not depend on witnessing a ceremony, entering every building, or producing photographs.

Use the official site and posted notices to distinguish public grounds from worship, residential, administrative, memorial, or conservation spaces.

Read Shiofune Kannon-ji through its living Shingon Buddhism community alongside documented history, architecture, and urban context.

Institutional and exact-entity sources establish identity and bound the historical account. Unresolved or contested claims remain explicitly attributed.

According to its tradition, sacred meaning is encountered through worship, teaching, remembrance, and the relationships sustained by the community.

No paranormal, medical, therapeutic, or guaranteed transformative effect is claimed.

194 Shiobune, Ome, Tokyo 198-0011. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.

No lodging recommendation is made; use current, independent accessibility and accommodation information.

Enter quietly, bow at thresholds where local custom indicates, and make offerings only at the provided place. Clapping is not part of ordinary Buddhist temple worship. Incense, chanting, copying sutras, or circumambulation should be joined only when the temple invites visitors to do so.

Wear modest clothing and remove footwear wherever signs or attendants request it. Do not cross altar barriers or enter monastic and residential rooms.

Assume that principal images, inner halls, funerals, and private prayer are not for photography unless the temple explicitly permits it.

Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Shiofune Kannon-ji; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.

Respect barriers, private rooms, protected fabric, sacred interiors, and any temporary restriction announced by staff.

Continue through the atlas by country, tradition, site type, or a focused search that combines this place’s strongest context.

Sacred places within a half-day’s reach. Pilgrims often visit them together: walk one, stay for the other.

Musashi Mitake Shrine

Ome, Tokyo, Japan

12.0 km away

Koyasu Shrine

Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

17.1 km away

Takahata Fudoson

Hino, Tokyo, Japan

19.8 km away

Mount Takao Yakuō-in

Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

20.1 km away

Sources consulted when researching this page. Independent verification by readers is welcome.

1. 01塩船観音寺 公式ホームページ 花と歴史の寺 新東京百景 青梅塩船 トップページ — 塩船観音寺high-reliability
2. 02塩船観音寺 — Japanese Wikipedia contributors
3. 03Wikidata entity Q6587259 — Wikidata contributors
4. 04Shiofune Kannon-ji Google Maps place record — Google
5. 05File:Shiofunekannonji.jpg — Wikimedia Commons contributors