We have seen quite some temples before, yet this one beats all the others by being the most chapotic, cluttered and interesting by far. It is only around 10 km from Matsuyama, near Dogo and has a very unique, almost Chinese feeling.

No idea why and how, it stil lis an impression of well intended chaos and deliberate anarchy which makes this temple so charming…

It starts well enough

The usual shoes

and the veeery big ones

which are loaded wiht 1 YEN pieces

Smaller inner shrines

nice bridges

And now it starts getting more bizarre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

very graphic

This is still usual to hang requests alongside the fences

Yet not so cluttered and colourful

Veeeeery colourful

A more cartoon like character

and more prayers and devotions

burning the incense

everything is prepared – just like your incense sticks and stick them in the sand

things are torn, run down

used and dropped

 

again the requests

and the murals with the lamps before – very Chinese style

So totally non-Japanese with its riot of colours

and torn things

again the cartoon like masks

over-exaggerating attributes

Here comes the weirdest part – a walkway through the rock

inside the cave

all along to the other side

again a funny mix of objects

Hello…

More classical symbols

some kind of remains of a procession I assume

a kind of graveyard

with Indian influences

and the typical white elephant

very tropical atmosphere

Colours, plants

everywhere

and the tired pilgrim

Finally the guardian dragon