Statue of Enma (the 'Hell King') at Rokudo Chinno-ji. Photo thanks - https://uryu-tsushin.kyoto-art.ac.jp/
The main hall of Rokudo Chinno-ji.
Small omikuji holder in the shape of Enma, the 'Hell King'.
Statue of Ono-no-Takamura (right hand man of the 'Hell King') at Rokudo Chinno-ji. Photo thanks - https://uryu-tsushin.kyoto-art.ac.jp/
But why does Rokudo Chinnō-ji play such an important role at this time of year?
Long believed to stand on the borderland between the realms of the living and the dead, the temple is home to the 'Hell King' Enma Dai-Ō (閻魔大王), judge of the deceased.
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