Tenkaisan Oya Temple

Tenkaisan Oya Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai faction in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As indicated by legend, the temple was built up by Kukai, the originator of the Shingon faction, in the year 810, however this has not been solidly settled. The temple was remade amid the years 1615 to 1624. The temple is incorporated with the encompassing tuff shake and highlights a cut figure of the Bodhisattva Kannon with a thousand arms with an encompassing special stepped area.

Contiguous the special stepped area is another cavern divider with a cutting of the Buddhist trinity of Amida Buddha, Kannon and Seishi Bodhisattvas. The temple complex additionally includes a little historical center of antiques recouped from adjacent settlements going back to the Jomon time frame in Japan. Opposite the temple is a quarry that has been changed over into a recreation center. The recreation center highlights a monstrous statue of Kannon Bodhisattva, called the "Kannon of Peace" cut after World War II.