A Jodo Shinshu temple in Tomioka near the World Heritage Tomioka Silk Mill area. A temple that gathered faith from mill workers, with deep connections to modern industrial history. In the Meiji era, mill women visited on their days off, linking labor and faith. The Meiji-era main hall has historical value as architecture that walked alongside Tomioka's modernization. Graves of silk mill-related pe…

Founded in the Muromachi period when a Jodo Shinshu monk opened a nenbutsu training hall in Tomioka. In the Sengoku period, it gathered Tomioka followers' faith with simple buildings constructed. In the Edo period, followers increased alongside Tomioka post town development, expanding the temple. Th…