Kanzaki
Kanzaki Town, the least populated town in Chiba Prefecture,
Located along the Tone River, this area is rich in nature.
The culture of fermented food is deeply rooted here.
The fusion of fermentation culture and sacred mountains
Kanzaki Town is located in the northeastern part of Chiba Prefecture, between Narita City and Katori City. It is a small town with a population of about 6,000 people, bordering Ibaraki Prefecture across the Tone River to the north. It is said that in ancient times, the deity enshrined at Kanzaki Shrine in Kanzaki Town, Ame-no-torifune-no-mikoto, and his descendants ruled this area.
Since ancient times, rice cultivation has been carried out in Kanzaki Town, taking advantage of the water transportation on the Tone River and the flat, fertile soil. During the Edo period, the brewing industry flourished, producing sake, miso, soy sauce, and other products using the town's high-quality water, rice, and soybeans.
In order to transport these to Edo, many shops lined the roads around the Tone River. At its peak, there were as many as seven sake breweries within a radius of about 500 meters, and the area was sometimes called the "Nada of Kanto."
Chief priest of Dainichiyama Kanzaki Temple
A monk of the Daigo school of Shingon Buddhism.
He has work experience at a major foreign accounting firm and worked in Silicon Valley before becoming a monk. He underwent rigorous training and received initiation at Daigoji Temple, the head temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. At Kanzaki Temple in Chiba, he is one of the few monks to have undergone the Kanto region's largest fire-walking training and the 8,000-goma ritual, the highest training in Shingon esoteric Buddhism.
Head Administrator of Dainichiyama Kanzaki Temple
A Shingon Buddhist priest and mother of two children.
After gaining experience as an editor at a publishing company and living in Silicon Valley in the United States, she now has the mission of being "useful to people," and she provides consultations and connects people to gods and Buddhas. Through "Adult Terakoya - Edo Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage" and "Seven Lucky Gods Pilgrimage," she is developing activities to teach people how to offer sutras and interact with gods and Buddhas in an easy-to-understand way.
