Statue of Priest Shoto
Sanbutsudoh hall
Gohoh-tendoh prayer hall
Kimon amulet
Sohrintoh tower
Kuromon gate
Shorow bell tower
Shouyouen garden
Treasure house
Bugaku dress
Twin halls
Jigendoh hall
Jougoe
Kaizandoh hall
Toyama-bishamondoh hall
Kodama-doh Shrine
Shaka-doh hall
Mandara
Traditional event

*Kaizan-doh Hall, Hotoke-iwa Buddha Crag


Priest Shoto passed away on March 1st of 817. He was cremated in the valley of crag, which was located near the kaizan-doh hall.

A small and vermilion lacquered hall was built to enshrine Shoto. That shrine is today's Kaizan-doh hall. Wooden image of Bosatsu and seated image of Priest Shoto are enshrined in the Kaizan-doh hall. It is told that those images were made in Muromachi period. Also, wooden images of ten pupils of Shoto are put on the right and left of the principal image. Rite of Kaizan meeting will be carried out in the hall on April 1st.

There is Gorin-toh tower in the place of Shoto's tomb. Three other tombs are also put there, but these are for his followers. The Gorin-toh tower stands on the back of Kaizan-doh hall.

Crag on the back of Kaizan-doh is called Hotoke-iwa, which means Buddha Crag. Rocks of the crag were like Buddha, but these were collapsed by earthquake. Today, 6 stone images of Buddha are put on hollow place, where is located on the back of Kaizan-doh hall.



Crag on the back on Kaizan-doh hall
6 stone images of Buddha are enshrined at Hotoke-iwa
One of the six is the image of Fudou Myouou.



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