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Chōkoku-ji (長谷寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Iiyama neighborhood of the city of Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect and its honzon is a statue of Jūichimen Kannon Bosatsu. The temple's full name is Iiyama-san Nyoiri-in Chōkoku-ji (飯上山 如意輪院 長谷寺).The temple is the 6th stop on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage route. It is more popularly known as the Iiyama Kannon (飯山観音), after its primary object of worship.
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