JOKEN-JI

Temple located 2,5 km south of Fukusen-Ji. Note on the outside the statue of lion whose skull is hollow. According to a legend, the kappa living in the river south of the temple would have extinguished a fire by pouring the water contained in the mild depression at the top of its skull. The inhabitants of Tōno would then have erected this statue in thanks. Inside the temple, a statue of healer: patients must rub the sick part of their body on the corresponding part of the statue. At the back of the temple, the Kappa-Bonnaud water piece is supposed to host the beneficial kappa.