Wakasa Jingū-ji Temple

What it is

• Tendai sect temple, founded in 714 by Shamon Katsugen.
• Certified as a Japan Heritage site in 2015.
• Performs the 'Omizuokuri' ritual for Tōdai-ji Nigatsu-dō.

What to see

• Main hall rebuilt in 1553, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.
• Seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai is the main image.
• Niōmon gate rebuilt in the late Kamakura period.
• Niōmon gate houses a pair of wooden Kongō Rikishi statues.
• Wooden male and female deity statues from early Muromachi period.
• Shii tree designated as a natural monument.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.