A Shingon Chisan temple in Fudooka, Kazo, enshrining Fudo Myoo, counted among the Kanto 36 Fudo sacred sites. Said to have been founded by the great Tendai monk Enchin (Chisho Daishi) in the Heian period, it has over a thousand years of history. The place name Fudooka derives from this temple. The powerful goma fire rituals are famous throughout the Kanto region, drawing pilgrims seeking protectio…

The temple is traditionally said to have been founded in 850 by the eminent Tendai monk Enchin (Chisho Daishi), who, while traveling through the provinces, is believed to have received a divine manifestation of Fudo Myoo at this site and erected a hall in his honor. The temple later converted to the…