At the tip of the Kamasaki Peninsula, there is a large white Kannon statue that watches over Kamaishi Bay. This was built in 1970 by the idea of ​​the priest of Mt. Mt. Ishiozenji. The height is 48.5m, and inside there is a hall of worship, a room for enshrining thirty-three Kannon, and a tour of the Seven Lucky Gods. Furthermore, above the fish held in the chest is an observatory 120m above sea level. From here you can see the panorama of Kamaishi Port and the Pacific Ocean.

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business hours: 9:00-17:00 (Varies depending on the season) Closed at the end of the year
price: Entrance fee Adults 500 yen, middle and high school students 300 yen, elementary school students 100 yen
access: [Train/Bus] About 10 minutes by bus from Kamaishi Station on the JR Kamaishi Line, about 10 minutes on foot from the Kamaishi Daikannon Iriguchi stop
[Car] About 60 minutes by car from the Kamaishi Expressway Tono IC