Hontoku-ji Temple

What it is

• Rinzai sect temple in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture.
• Branch temple of Myoshin-ji, head of the Myoshin-ji school.
• Founded by Nangoku Bonkei, originally named Kaiun-ji.
• Renamed Honkuji by order of Kishiwada lord Okabe Yukitaka.

What to see

• Principal image is Shakamuni Buddha.
• Only known portrait of Akechi Mitsuhide in Japan.

Getting there

• 8-minute walk from Kishiwada Station on the Nankai Main Line.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.