Around the vicinity past the entrance of Ofuna Kannon in Kamakura City, you will come upon several important things to see at the location.
The first thing to notice is a big monument and numerous things next to it and also a bhodhisattva Kannon statuette.
To the left is a sign and cenotaph honoring the Kanagawa Atomic Bomb Sufferers from the Kanagawa Atomic Bomb Sufferers Association from August 1985. Many who survived the atomic bombs dropped by the American army airplanes that have moved to the Kanagawa area, wanted to erect the cenotaph as a sacred memorial.
To the right of the cenotaph, is a stone structure with a flame. The flame was taken from the conflagration from Hoshino-mura Village, in Fukuoka prefecture. The stone toro-style lamp is known as “Genbaku no Hi” (Fire of the Atomic Bomb) which signify prayers for eternal peace.
The flame was lit from that flame and placed at the Ofuna Kannon to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 5 and 9, 1945 courtesy of the Kanagawa Association of A-Bomb Sufferers (July 29, 1990).
In the next post, we talk about the next level, so let’s take the stairway and see what’s up there.
