A Soto-shu Zen temple founded in 1645 by Asano Naganao, lord of Ako, as the Asano family mortuary temple. After the 1702 Ako Incident, the hair-reliquaries of the 47 ronin were enshrined here, and the graves of all 47 warriors line the precincts. The Gishi Memorial Hall displays personal artifacts of the ronin.

Kagakuji Temple was founded in 1645 (Shōho 2) by Asano Naganao, the first lord of the Ako domain, as the mortuary temple of the Asano clan. Belonging to the Soto school of Zen Buddhism, it served as the spiritual center of the domain, housing the memorial tablets and graves of successive Ako lords. …