Sugimoto-dera (杉本寺), officially known as Taizō-zan Kannon-in Sugimoto-dera (大蔵山観音院杉本寺), is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai denomination in Kamakura. It was founded in 734, over four-hundred years before the Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no Yoritomo, and is considered to be the oldest temple in Kamakura when the town was not more than a sleepy fishing hamlet.
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Sugimoto-dera (杉本寺), officially known as Taizō-zan Kannon-in Sugimoto-dera (大蔵山観音院杉本寺), is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai denomination in Kamakura. It was founded in 734, over four-hundred years before the Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto n
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