A hall enshrining Yakushi Nyorai in Sakaemachi, Narita, serving as a center of healing faith since the late Heian period. Yakushi Nyorai is widely revered as the Buddha of the Eastern Pure Lapis Lazuli World, granting worldly benefits. The twelve divine generals (Yakushi Junishi Shinsho) inside the hall, estimated to be Muromachi-period works, are precious sculptures with traces of coloring. Facin…

Sakaemachi Yakushido is traditionally said to have been founded around 1150, during the late Heian period. Enshrining Yakushi Nyorai as its principal image, the hall has long served as a center of popular faith in the Narita region, where worshippers sought healing and worldly benefits. Situated alo…