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A Shingon temple in Tama Ward, Kawasaki, enshrining Fudo Myo-o as the principal image. Located on the mid-slope of the Tama Hills, it has long been known as a training ground for mountain ascetics (shugendo). Fudo Myo-o faith spread during the Heian period, and this temple is said to have been established in that tradition. The precincts have a goma hall where regular fire rituals are performed. I…

Tama Fudoson is said to have been founded around 1100, during the late Heian period, as a Shingon Buddhist temple. As faith in Fudo Myo-o spread throughout Japan alongside esoteric Buddhism during the Heian era, the mid-slope terrain of the Tama Hills is believed to have been chosen as a site for Sh…