Where can I buy a Jizo statue in Shizuoka?

Hi,

I used to live in Japan for around 5 years, I now live in Australia. After recently losing my baby, I would like to remember him with a Mizuko Jizo statue. Can anyone recommend a website where I can buy a statue? I havent found very much in English, I havent lived in Japan for a while now and my Japanese isn't as great as it was, but if I knuckled down and refreshed my memory with some study I think I could manage a Japanese website. I'm just not sure where to start looking.

I would prefer to buy one from the Shizuoka region, as it is where I used to live and it is well known for making these statues. But to be honest anything authentic would be preferable. I recall seeing these statues in and around Fuji where I lived, and some of the so called 'jizo' statues I see on the English language websites are more tourist gifts or garden ornaments and do not really resemble the jizo I remember.

Thanks, Suzanne

I may not be able to assist fully, but what you want to search for is 地蔵 御影石

http://uchida-stone.jp/kisochisiki/index.html for example sell genuine memorial stones.

Best of luck.

order from Shizuoka difficultly.

http://search.rakuten.co.jp/borderless/mall?v=2&f=1&sitem=%E6%B0%B4%E5%AD%90%E5%9C%B0%E8%94%B5&st=O&nitem=&min=&max=
all products shipping possible.
mizuko-jizo[水子地蔵]

I think you might want to ask your familiar Buddhist priest.

Or how about asking them?
Shingon Buddhism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism )
https://www.koyasan.or.jp/english/contact/index.html
Soto school ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dt%C5%8D )
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/contact/index.html