A Nichiren head temple founded in 1368 by the monk Nichiju at Rokujobo-mon, now located in Iwakura. The dry landscape garden called 'Yuki no Niwa' (Snow Garden) is said to have been designed by Sen no Rikyu during the Azuchi-Momoyama era, and the white sand and stone arrangement radiates a crisp beauty. Deep in the precincts, a bell transferred from Doujoji associated with the legend of Anchin and…

Myomanji Temple was founded in 1368 (Ouan 1) at Rokujobo-mon in Kyoto by the eminent Nichiren monk Nichiju, who is venerated as the patriarch who established the Honke-Myoshu school within the Nichiren sect after converting from Tendai Buddhism. Throughout the Muromachi and Sengoku periods, the temp…