On a sunny day she took me back and took me to the fairs of people. I went to Kiyomasa, which is closest to Hamacho's house, Suitengu in Ningyocho, Great Kannon, Kobo Daishi in prison Hara, and sometimes Jizo on the west coast across Nihonbashi Street. Above all, Great Kannon was in the same town as the live print shop, so it was the most familiar since I was not stubborn. I don't know he's now turned into something, but in the past it was a little bit in the main street, and on both sides of the inner stone road, there were toy shops like a small Nakamise of Asakusa, so I always passed in front of it and returned home with some toys. (50)
When the weather was fine, Granny often carried me piggyback to various temple fairs and markets - to the Seisho-ko, which was closest to our house in Hama-cho; to the Suitengu in Ningyo-cho; to the O-Kannon, and the Kobo Daishi Temple in Royanohara; and sometimes as far as the Nishigashi Jizo beyond Nihombashi Avenue. Of them all I felt most at home at the O-Kannnon, since it was right in our neighborhood. I have no idea what it looks like now; but it used to be set back a bit from the street, and numerous toy shops lined both sides of the flagstoned path that led to the Main Hall - like a smaller version of the celebrated Nakamise arcade in front of the Asakusa Kannnon Temple. (39)
Kiyomasa (Kiyomasa Koji; a temple dedicated to Kato Kiyomasa in Hamacho Park)
Suitengu (a god that benefits from safe delivery, water shortage, and mizusho sales, with the headquarters of Suitengu in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
Great Kannon (Daikanonji; founded here in 1880. The copper Buddha of main deity is said to have been enshrined at Shin Kiyomizu-dera Temple, which was founded in Kamakura after the spirit of the ancient iron Masa Kannon excavated from the well by Masako Hojo).
Because no one settled in the prison Kobo Daishi of Hara (Dai Anrakuji Temple; Temmacho prison site, Kihachiro Okura and Zenjiro Yasuda donated the land and were founded in 1882 by the names of both ("Large" and "An"). It was called Niitaka Noyama due to the transfer of the statue of Kobo Daishi from Mt. Koya-san.)
Jizo on the west coast (Nipponbashinishi Riverside Jizoji Church; Jizo Bodhisattva, which is said to have been carved by Nara period monk Gyoki)
