An ancient Tendai temple in the depths of Ohara, said to have been founded by Jikaku Daishi Ennin as a training hall for shomyo (Buddhist chant music). It is also known as the place where the monk Ryonin trained before establishing the Yuzu Nembutsu sect, making it one of the sacred sites of Tendai shomyo. The main hall enshrines a triad of Yakushi Nyorai, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Amida Nyorai, all …

Raikoin is said to have been founded in 834 (the first year of Jowa) by Jikaku Daishi Ennin as a training hall for Tendai shomyo, the liturgical chant music of the Tendai school. The Ohara area has long been called "Gyozan" and revered as a sacred site for shomyo practice. In the late Heian period, …