Standing inside a small hall, there are two stone Buddha statues - one of the Shaka Nyorai and the other of Miroku Bosatsu, both 2.14 meters in height. The relief carvings on them flow in a beautif...

A gymnasium located within the Shiba Sports Park in Sakurai City. The size of the gymnasium is 4,568.87 square meters and can seat up to 514 persons.

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Hokiin Temple is where Saint Tokudo (Tokudo Shonin), who founded Hasedera Temple, secluded himself from the world in his retirement. It was founded in 735 and is said to have been rebuilt in 1695 b...

Susanoo no Mikoto is enshrined at this former unranked shrine. The male rope and the female rope are joined here every year on February 11th at the Otuna Matsuri (Rope Festival).

Genpian is a small Buddhist monastery where Genpin, a high buddhist priest, secluded himself from the world. Fudō Myōō (Acala) placed here is an important cultural property.

Wakamiyasha, also known as Ootataneko Jinja Shrine, is an auxiliary shrine of Oomiwa Jinja Shrine. Ootataneko no Mikoto, the offspring of “Oomononushi no Ookami,” is enshrined here. An old tree stu...

Markets were held in the old days. They no longer take place, but the word ‘market’ (ichi) remained in the name of the shrine. It is a place where young men and women used to exchange love through ...

Sugawara no Michizane is enshrined. It is believed that the original building was founded sometime in the early Kamakura Period. The current shrine was rebuilt in 1818.

A temple dedicated to the Senju Sengan Juichimen Bosatsu (Thousand-armed thousand-eyed eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva statue). The Bodhisattva is said to have powers to cure eye diseases. A ginkgo...