An ancient Tendai temple known as the 31st station of the Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.\nFounded in 784 when Dengyo Daishi Saicho carved an Eleven-Faced Kannon in a sacred camphor tree.\nThe main hall, built atop a great rock in Japan's only four-sided suspended construction, is a spectacular building supported by 75 pillars.\nThe stage-style main hall offers magnificent panoramic views of the Boso mountains.\nThe suspended main hall is designated an Important Cultural Property, extremely precious in architectural history.\nThe grounds are included in Kasamori-Tsurumai Prefectural Nature Park, surrounded by rich nature.\nThe cedar-lined approach features centuries-old giant trees creating a solemn atmosphere befitting a sacred site.\nKnown for miraculous blessings of conception and matchmaking, a sacred camphor tree called Kosazuke Kusu draws devotion.\nBasho is said to have visited, with the haiku In the May rains, this Kasamori like mugwort attributed to him.\nA representative Boso sacred site where seasonal nature harmonizes with historic architecture.