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{{Infobox religious building
| name                  = Kawasaki Daishi<br/>川崎大師
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| image                 = Kawasaki Daishi Main Hall.jpg
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| caption               = The main hall of Kawasaki Daishi
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| location              = 4-48 Daishi-machi, [[Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki|Kawasaki-ku]], [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]
| coordinates           = {{coord|35.534|N|139.729|E|display=inline|source:dewiki}}
| religious_affiliation = [[Shingon-shū Chizan-ha|Chizan sect]] of [[Shingon Buddhism]]
| deity                 = [[Kōbō-Daishi]]
| country               = [[Japan]]
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| website               = {{url|http://kawasakidaishi.com/}}
| founded_by            = Sonken, Kanenori<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://kawasakidaishi.com/about/history.html |title=川崎大師の歴史 |trans-title=History of Kawasaki Daishi |publisher=Kawasaki Daishi |accessdate=May 25, 2015 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508104646/http://www.kawasakidaishi.com/about/history.html |archivedate=May  8, 2015 }}</ref>
| year_completed        = 1128
}}
[[File:Kawasaki Daishi Restoration Pagoda.jpg|thumb|]]
{{Nihongo|'''Kawasaki Daishi'''|川崎大師|}} is the popular name of {{Nihongo|'''Heiken-ji'''|平間寺|Heiken-ji}}, a Buddhist temple in [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]], [[Japan]].  Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the [[Shingon-shū Chizan-ha|Chizan sect]] of [[Shingon Buddhism]].  Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for ''[[hatsumōde]]'' (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year).  In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in ''hatsumōde'' here, the third largest figure in Japan and the largest in [[Kanagawa Prefecture]]. In 2016, the temple made preparations to receive 3 million visitors over the same period.<ref>{{cite news |title=500,000 visitors descend on Ueno’s Ameyoko market |first=Roland |last=Shichijo |work=[[Tokyo Reporter]] |date=December 31, 2016 |url=http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2016/12/31/500000-visitors-descend-on-uenos-ameyoko-market-for-new-years-shopping/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231150245/http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2016/12/31/500000-visitors-descend-on-uenos-ameyoko-market-for-new-years-shopping/ |archive-date=December 31, 2016 |quote=Meanwhile in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, craftsmen at the Kawasaki Daishi Buddhist temple were making preparations to welcome some 3 million visitors over the sangainichi period, meaning the first three days of the New Year from Jan. 1 to Jan. 3, TV Asahi reports (Dec. 31).}}</ref> [[Keihin Electric Express Railway]], the oldest railroad company in the [[Kantō region]] of Japan, commenced service in January 1899 to carry passengers to Kawasaki Daishi from [[Tokyo]].

Heiken-ji is known formally as {{nihongo|'''Kongōzan Kinjōin Heiken-ji'''|金剛山金乗院平間寺|}}.<ref name="about"/>

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Bjh25_Kawasaki_templebell.jpg|Photo of the bell tower ( 鐘楼堂 , shōrō-dō ) by Felice Beato
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://kawasakidaishi.com/english/index.html About Kawasaki Daishi]

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[[Category:Buddhist temples in Kanagawa Prefecture]]
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