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| name = Kawasaki Daishi<br/>川崎大師<br />
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| image = Kawasaki Daishi Main Hall.jpg<br />
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| caption = The main hall of Kawasaki Daishi<br />
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| location = 4-48 Daishi-machi, [[Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki|Kawasaki-ku]], [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|35.534|N|139.729|E|display=inline|source:dewiki}}<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Shingon-shū Chizan-ha|Chizan sect]] of [[Shingon Buddhism]]<br />
| deity = [[Kōbō-Daishi]]<br />
| country = [[Japan]]<br />
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| website = {{url|http://kawasakidaishi.com/}}<br />
| 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><br />
| year_completed = 1128<br />
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[[File:Kawasaki Daishi Restoration Pagoda.jpg|thumb|]]<br />
{{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]].<br />
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Heiken-ji is known formally as {{nihongo|'''Kongōzan Kinjōin Heiken-ji'''|金剛山金乗院平間寺|}}.<ref name="about"/><br />
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Bjh25_Kawasaki_templebell.jpg|Photo of the bell tower ( 鐘楼堂 , shōrō-dō ) by Felice Beato<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://kawasakidaishi.com/english/index.html About Kawasaki Daishi]<br />
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