A Soto Zen temple in the outskirts of Shizuoka City, said to have been founded under the patronage of the Imagawa clan during the Tenbun era. The greatest attraction is the burial mound of Imagawa Yoshimoto in the precinct: according to tradition, after Yoshimoto was killed by Oda Nobunaga at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, his head was returned from Kyoto and buried here. As the Imagawa family t…

Zouzenji is a Soto Zen temple located in the Jibiо district on the outskirts of Shizuoka City. While the exact date of its founding remains unclear, it is said to have been established under the patronage of the Imagawa clan during the Tenbun era (1532–1555). During the Sengoku period, the Imagawa w…