Buddhist temple
Tokko-ji
独鈷寺（とっこじ）
Shingū, Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture
A Tendai temple at the foot of Mt. Tachibana, formally styled 立華山明鏡院獨鈷寺. Its principal image is a seated Shō Kanzeon Bosatsu, and it preserves as temple treasures a tokko (ritual implement) and a mirror connected with Dengyō Daishi.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Prayers associated with this place
Principal image: Shō Kanzeon Bosatsu
History and things to know
According to the temple's tradition, it is said to have been founded in Enryaku 24 (805) by Dengyō Daishi (Saichō) after he returned from Tang China. It is said that when the Daishi threw the tokko and the mirror into the sky in search of a place to spread the teaching, they flew toward Mt. Tachibana, and at this place, where he found them on a great rock, he carved a Yakushi Nyorai and built a thatched hall.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
The official introduction is the temple page on the website of the Tendai school's Kyushu West Diocese (access information is on the same page).
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 独鈷寺「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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