A small hall enshrining Yakushi Nyorai in Tsurumaki Onsen, Hadano. Tsurumaki Onsen has long been known as a therapeutic bath, connected to Yakushi worship. Yakushi Nyorai, as the Buddha of healing, is a fitting principal image for a hot spring area. Beloved as a place of faith expressing gratitude for hot spring blessings and praying for health. Though a small hall, worship by hot spring visitors …

Tsurumaki Onsen has an ancient history with a tradition of being discovered by Kobo Daishi. Yakushi Nyorai was enshrined as an expression of gratitude for the hot spring emergence. Yakushi Nyorai is the lord of the Eastern Lapis Lazuli World, worshipped as a healing Buddha. The custom of building Ya…