Located in Ouchisawa, Higashichichibu Village, a beautiful satoyama faith space known as the Flower Peach Village. Approximately 5,000 ornamental peach trees are planted throughout the Ouchisawa settlement, creating a paradise-like spring scene. Jikoji serves as the community's memorial temple at the center of local faith. The small main hall has the warmth characteristic of a mountain village tem…

Jikoji founding date unclear, but said to have existed by the Muromachi period. Ouchisawa is an Higashichichibu mountain settlement living from forestry and washi production. The temple was the settlement's only religious facility, central to life ceremonies. Higashichichibu washi dates to the Murom…