A Tendai temple founded in 1013 by the monk Jakugen, serving as the main hall of 'Gyozan Oharadera.' Historically important as the site of the 'Ohara Mondo,' where Honen debated Pure Land Buddhism, commemorated by a stone monument in the grounds. The principal image, a seated Amida Nyorai from the late Heian period, is also called 'Shoko no Amida' (Amida of Proof). The grounds are lined with a Gan…

Shorinin was founded in 1013 by the monk Jakugen and serves as the main hall of Gyozan Oharadera, functioning as the central training ground for Tendai shomyo (Buddhist chant) in the Ohara district. The principal image, a seated Amida Nyorai, is said to date from the late Heian period and has long b…