Enmei-Jizo

   Enmei Jizo(it is placed at the back of Nakanome Jichi-kan.)  This Jizo, a guardian deity of children, it is said that it’s famous for the power that saves and prolongs your children’s lives.  Enmei means to prolong your lives.  The reason why this statue was built is not clear, but according to an elder, there used to be a cedar standing in the east of the Goto family’s mansion and moreover its marks were left until the land improvement.   They say, back in the days youths who were boasting their strength carried the jizo statue on their back, lifted it on, and put it down on the road or in the garden over the private houses. In 1920, the Shimanuki family built its temple at a corner of Nakanome graveyard and enshrined the jizo in it.  Later the temple became too old, therefore in 1983, Mr. Shoju of the Shimanuki family became a petitioner and he rebuilt Enmei Jizo temple next to the Nakaome Jichi-kan.  Five Jizo are enshrined and many people visit there.  Its festival is held on April 28th.