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Togenuki Jizo, meaning "thorn-pulling Jizo," is a form of the bodhisattva Jizo enshrined at Kogan-ji temple in Tokyo's Sugamo district, popularly known as "Grandma's Harajuku" for its association with elderly visitors. Devotees traditionally seek healing by praying before the image and, at many sites, by rubbing a stone statue of Jizo at the location corresponding to their own ailment. Jizo more broadly is venerated in Japanese Buddhism as a compassionate guardian of travelers, children, and the suffering, and this particular manifestation has become closely tied to popular hopes for relief from illness and physical pain.
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