Myōgan-ji Temple

What it is

• A Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha Buddhist temple.
• Dedicated to Amida Nyorai.
• Converted to its current sect in 1470.
• Preserves the only remaining structure by tea master Yamada Sohen.

What to see

• Main hall houses a statue of Amida Nyorai.
• Kirokuan, a two-mat tea room built in 1655.
• Kirokuan is a prefectural cultural property.
• Teiyosai, a four-and-a-half-mat tea room.
• Teiyosai was added between 1830 and 1843.
• Teiyosai is a municipal cultural property.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.