A Tendai Buddhist temple fondly known as 'Yamadera,' founded in 860 by Ennin. It is nationally famous as the place where haiku master Matsuo Basho composed his immortal verse 'Shizukasa ya, iwa ni shimiiru, semi no koe' (Such stillness — the voices of cicadas seep into the rocks) during his journey in 1689. The 1,015 stone steps ascending from the main hall to the inner sanctuary traverse a mounta…
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