An ancient Tendai Buddhist temple founded by Saint Shoku in 966 and known as the Mount Hiei of the West, revered as a site of ascetic training. The Maniden Hall near the summit of Mount Shosha, along with the three structures of the Daikodo (Great Lecture Hall), Jikido (Dining Hall), and Jokodo (Constant Practice Hall), form a magnificent temple complex designated as Important Cultural Properties …

Engyo-ji Temple on Mount Shosha was founded in 966 by the Buddhist monk Shoku Shonin, who entered the mountain to practice ascetic training and established it as a sacred site of the Tendai sect. From the Heian through the Kamakura period, the temple gained the devotion of the imperial court and ari…