A sutra mound is a place where the letters of the Lotus Sutra are carved into stone and placed in a sutra cylinder in order to pray for the prosperity of the family.
There is a legend that during the Heian period, Taira no Kiyomori also buried sutra cylinders wishing for the prosperity of the Heike family. When the ground was dug up for cultivation at the end of World War II, sutra cylinders and burial goods were actually unearthed.
You will have to climb steep stairs to get here. take care!
経塚とは一族の繁栄を願って法華経の文字を石に掘り、それを経筒に入れたものを埋めた場所に立てたものです。
平安時代に平清盛も平家の繁栄を願って経筒を埋めたという伝承が残っていましたが、大戦末期に耕作のために地面を掘り返してみると本当に経筒と副葬品が出土したそうです。
ここへは急階段を登ってくることになります。気をつけて！