Daruma-ji Temple

What it is

• A Rinzai sect temple.
• Associated with the Kataokayama Starving Man legend.
• Rebuilt in the En'o era (1239-1240).
• Rebuilt with support from Empress Ogimachi and Toyotomi Hideyori.

What to see

• Main images: Senju Kannon, Daruma Daishi, Prince Shotoku.
• Main hall, rebuilt in 2004.
• Bell tower, rebuilt in 1891.
• Darumaji Chuko-ki Sekido, built in 1448, an Important Cultural Property.
• Three kofun, ancient burial mounds.
• Hojo building, built in 1667, a Nara Prefecture Tangible Cultural Property.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.