The Honshoji Temple belongs to the school of Jodo Buddhism and was founded by a highly ranked monk named Keien in the beginning of the 13th century. Keien trained under the man that founded Jodo Buddhism, Shinran. This temple enshrines the Amida as a honzon (the principal object of worship). Sinc...

It is said that this shrine was founded by an emperor named Nintoku around the 3rd to 4th century and has been located at its current location since the year 938. An ancestor of the Kamakura shogunate, Minamoto no Yoshiie, visited here often, and so it could be said that the shrine reflects the s...

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who spread peace across Japan, passed away at the age of 75 on April 17th, 1616. According to a book called “Honko-kokushi-nikki,” which was written by a monk that was alive through the beginning of the Edo Period, it is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu left his final words before he di...

Mount Fuji was designated as a world heritage site in 2013. Its grandeur and beauty have fascinated people all over the world and it is not an overstatement to say that Mount Fuji is the symbol of Japan.

It might surprise you that the land above the 8th station of Mt. Fuji belongs to a sh...

The Daijuji Temple was built by Matsudaira Chikatada, of the 4th dynasty of the Matsudaira family, to serve as a school of Jodo Buddhism in 1475. It is said that the honzon (main principal image of worship) of Amitabha Tathagata (Amida Nyorai) was made at the end of Heian Period (794-1185).