If you're on your way to the Akino Fuku Art Museum, it's worth making a quick detour to take a look at the nearby Eirinji temple. It's not big, but it's fun to look around because of all the different statues you'll find there; there's a serene statue of the Buddhist goddess of mercy, and a handful of cute little ones, as well as some lovely carvings in the eaves of the temple buildings.
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Tenryu Eirinji
A pleasant, intimate local temple near Hamamatsu
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By Peter Sidell
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![Some of the statues are just plain cute](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101610/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101610.jpg)
Some of the statues are just plain cute
![You can see the graveyard from across the nearby river](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101611/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101611.jpg)
You can see the graveyard from across the nearby river
![What is it that this old lad is sitting on?](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101612/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101612.jpg)
What is it that this old lad is sitting on?
![Red hats seem to be de rigeur here](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101613/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101613.jpg)
Red hats seem to be de rigeur here
![These guys were all hanging out together](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101614/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101614.jpg)
These guys were all hanging out together
![There's space for a small pond below a side shrine](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101615/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101615.jpg)
There's space for a small pond below a side shrine
![Some beautifully detailed carving on one of the buildings](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101619/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101619.jpg)
Some beautifully detailed carving on one of the buildings
![There's a big old tree in front of the temple hall](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101618/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101618.jpg)
There's a big old tree in front of the temple hall
![The Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101620/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101620.jpg)
The Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy
![I don't often see that window shape in a lantern](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101617/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101617.jpg)
I don't often see that window shape in a lantern
![More red hats](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/17368-101616/1000/shizuoka-hamamatsu-temple-tenryu-eirinji-101616.jpg)
More red hats
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116 Futamatacho Futamata Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-3314 (Directions)
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