14 Ikuna-washigao, Katsuura Town
Access
By bus bound for Yokose-nishi from Tokushima Stn.
Get off at Ikuna Bus Stop, about 100min. walk.
Phone 0885-42-3020

When Kukai visited this place in 798, he saw two white cranes, a male and female, which were protecting a 6cm statue of Jizo Bosatsu with their wings.
Kukai carved a 90cm statue of Jizo, put the smaller figure inside and enshrined it as the main deity.