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A sub-temple of Daitokuji, founded during the Tenbun era with the 117th Daitokuji abbot Tenson Somin as founding abbot. Its shojin ryori (Buddhist vegetarian cuisine) restaurant "Izusen of Daijiin" is famous, serving shojin cuisine in "tekihatsu" bowls modeled on the begging bowl of the itinerant monk. As the only sub-temple within Daitokuji's precinct to serve shojin ryori, many visitors come fro…

Daijiin is a sub-temple of Daitokuji, founded during the Tenbun era (1532–1555) with Tenson Somin, the 117th abbot of Daitokuji, as its founding priest. Daitokuji is the head temple of the Rinzai Daitokuji school, and from the Muromachi period onward, numerous sub-temples were established within its…