A Tendai Buddhist temple located in Kamiichi Town, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, particularly famous for the long avenue of tsuga (Japanese hemlock) trees lining the approach to the precincts. This 'tsuga tree avenue' is designated a natural monument, and the rows of massive tsuga trees hundreds of years old present a solemn and deeply impressive sight. The temple has strong ties to the…

A Tendai temple that flourished alongside the rise of Mount Tateyama devotion. It is also known as a place where pilgrims ascending Tateyama would perform purification rites and undergo ascetic practice, and it drew many practitioners from the medieval through the early modern period.