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An ancient temple on Ibaraki's highest peak founded by Gyoki in the Nara period as a Shugendo sacred site, where the five Yamizo springs selected among Japan's 100 Best Waters flow
Approx. 40 min by taxi from JR Hitachi-Daigo Station on the Suigun Line
Kaminomiya, Daigo, Ibaraki
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An ancient temple on the slopes of Mount Yamizo (1022m), Ibaraki's highest peak rising at the tri-prefecture border of Ibaraki, Fukushima, and Tochigi. A Shingon temple with Yakushi Nyorai as its principal image, gathering ascetics and worshippers as a mountain worship sacred site. Said to have been founded by Gyoki in the Nara period, it has a long history as a sacred site of eastern Japan Shugen…
Yamizo-san Nihon-ji is traditionally said to have been founded by the Buddhist monk Gyoki during the Nara period (710–794), who is known for establishing numerous temples throughout Japan and spreading Buddhism among the common people. From the Heian period onward, as Shugendo mountain asceticism fl…
Recovery from illness, bodily wellness, peace of mind. Especially efficacious at Yakushi and Kannon temples.
Derived from the enshrined deity "薬師如来"
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