This hall enshrining Yakushi Nyorai stands at the heart of the Misasa Onsen resort in Misasa Town. It has long been venerated as the guardian deity of Misasa, one of the world's most radon-rich hot spring waters. Yakushi is revered as the Buddha of healing who cures all ailments, making this hall the spiritual center of Misasa's tradition of praying for recovery from illness. Visitors customarily …
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Origins
Misasa Onsen is said to have been discovered by Okubo Samanosuke, a retainer of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, who was guided to the spring by a white wolf. The Yakushido is believed to have been built at the time of the spring's founding as a place to enshrine Yakushi Nyorai as guardian of the waters. Long…