Daiji-ji Temple

What it is

• A Soto Zen temple, mountain name Horinzan.
• Dedicated to Sho Kannon Bosatsu.
• Founded by Fujiwara no Hidehira as a Tendai temple.
• Re-established as Soto Zen in 1429.

What to see

• The temple gate, the only original structure.
• The temple gate is a tangible cultural property.
• A monument for Saigyo's poem, erected in 1983.
• Main hall, Akiba Daigongen, and a stupa.

When to go

• See the 'Yonekawa no Mizukaburi' fire-prevention ritual.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.