A Soto Zen temple in Kanagi-machi, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture, known as a temple with deep connections to Dazai Osamu, one of the representative writers of modern Japanese literature. Dazai Osamu came from the Tsushima family, a great landlord in Kanagi-machi (present Kanagi, Goshogawara City), and has memories of spending time at this temple in his early childhood. A literary monument to…

Founded as a Soto Zen temple, it has functioned as the bodaiji of the Kanagi district. In the modern period it became a place of literary historical importance through its connection with the Tsushima family, Dazai Osamu's relatives.