The family temple of the Matsudaira clan of Matsue Domain, featuring mausoleums of nine successive lords and famous hydrangeas in June.

Gesshoji Temple traces its origins to 1644, when Matsudaira Naomasa, the first lord of the Matsue Domain, is said to have built a small hermitage at the present site to pray for the soul of his father, Matsudaira Tadanao. The hermitage was initially known as Douun-an. Over time, it was developed as …