Day 13 - At Temple 24

The building in the middle is a two storied pagoda. I parlicularly liked the stone 13-story pagoda on the left.Another view of the 13-story pagoda and a staure of Kobo Daishi.
This is, I think, a bodhisattva whose name in Japanese is Kannon.

Every temple has one of these little buildings for washing your hands to purify yourself before actually to into the grounds, particularly the main hall. They are inside the main gate but between it and the main section of the temple grounds.
The main hall with Ian getting ready to chant the Heart sutra, which we always did together even if we did the preliminaries (candle, incense, and a coin) separately.