Saion-ji Temple

What it is

• A Rinzai sect temple, mountain name Fukushisan.
• Main deity is Shaka Nyorai.
• Founded in the mid-Heian period as a Tendai temple.
• Re-established as a Rinzai temple in the Muromachi period.

What to see

• The Buddha Hall is an Important Cultural Property.
• It is one of the oldest Zen style structures in eastern Japan.
• The Buddha Hall dates to the early Muromachi period.
• A portrait of Anayama Katsuchiyo is a Prefectural Cultural Property.

Getting there

• 10-minute taxi ride from Ide Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.