A Nichiren-sect temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, standing near the Rokudo no Tsuji crossroads along Matsubara-dori in a neighborhood that retains the character of old downtown Kyoto. Founded in the Edo period, the principal image is a Nichiren Shonin statue and a Jukai Mandara. A stone Jizo known as the "Migawari Jizo" (substitute Jizo) is venerated in the precinct for warding off misfortune and prom…

Juennji is a Nichiren-sect temple said to have been founded around 1650 (Kean 3), in the early Edo period. It stands along Matsubara-dori in Higashiyama, Kyoto, near the area historically known as Rokudo no Tsuji—a crossroads long regarded as the boundary between the world of the living and the real…