Naritasan Kurume Bunin
Naritasan Kurume Bunin or Kurume Narita-san is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a direct branch of Narita-san Shinshō-ji in Narita, Chiba Prefecture.
Founding
The temple was established in 1958 after part of the spiritual embodiment from the Narita-san Shinshō-ji Temple which is well-known throughout Japan for housing Fudō myōō was given to it.Jibo Kannon
The Jibo Kannon of the Jeweled Gates of Good Fortune is the fourth tallest statue in Japan, and the twenty-fourth tallest in the world. This birch bronze monument depicting Avalokitesvara stands tall. The temple was spending ¥2 billion to build a large statue of Kannon and the work was completed in 1982.The dot on her forehead is a gold plate 30 centimetres in diameter encrusted with 18 three-carat diamonds, and her ornamental necklace contains an arrangement of a crystal and 56 jade stones. The baby she cradles is long.
Visitors take a spiral staircase to the platform providing a panoramic view of the area, as far as Mount Unzen in the distance.