A Shingon temple in a residential neighborhood of northern Kyoto near Kitayama-dori, said to have been founded by Kukai (Kobo Daishi). The principal image is Fudo Myoo, and the temple has long gathered the faith of local people for warding off bad luck and disasters. On the 28th of each month, a goma fire ritual is performed on the feast day of Fudo Myoo. Stone Buddhist images said to have been ma…

Fudo-in is a Shingon Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, traditionally said to have been founded in 810 (the fifth year of the Daidō era) by the monk Kukai, posthumously known as Kobo Daishi. According to tradition, Kukai established a small hermitage at this site during his travels and enshrined Fud…