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"Bintsuru-san"
Photograph at: Higashi Ohmi city, Shiga Pref., Japan
In the main hall of "Hyakusaiji Temple".
This mysterious buddhist sits in the main hall with "Enma-san". People believe that when they pray him rubbing the part of Bintsuru-san's body where they had pain or sickness in their body, the pain is removed.