The 68th temple on the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Temple Pilgrimage. Enshrining Amida Nyorai as its principal image, it stands within the same precincts as the 69th temple, Kanonji, making this the only example in Japan of two separate temples sharing a single compound. Founded in 703 as a Hosso-sect temple, it is said that Kobo Daishi transferred the sacred object of Kotohiki Hachimangu here and named …

Jinneiin traces its origins to 703 CE (the third year of the Taiho era), when it is said to have been founded as a temple of the Hosso sect of Buddhism. During the late 8th or early 9th century, the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi) is traditionally said to have visited the site during his pilgrimage through…