Hase-Kanon Temple
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The traditional story of the origins of this temple states that in 721, the pious monk Tokudou discovered a camphor tree, from which he carved two images of Kannon (deities). The Kannon sculpted from the lower half of the camphor tree was enshrined in Hase-dera in the province of Yamato. The image made from the upper half was cast into the sea with prayers that it would reach in the land to which
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Hase-Kanon Temple
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