Nissekiji Temple, located in the mountains near Itoigawa City, is an ancient Shingon temple renowned for its cliff-carved Buddhist image and Fudo Falls. The principal image of Fudo Myoo carved directly into the rock face is affectionately known as 'the Stone Fudo', and at approximately four meters tall it is one of the largest cliff-carved Buddhist statues in the Echigo region. The temple is said …

Said to have been opened by Gyoki in the Nara period. From the Heian period onward it flourished as a sacred site of Fudo Myoo worship, where ascetic practitioners came to train. The cliff-carved Buddhist image is said to have been made between the late Heian and Kamakura periods.