Houkongo-in Temple

At a mountain cottage from the Heian era, the Taiken-monin which was the empress of Emperor Toba assumed it Houkongo-in in 1130 (Daiji 5). Principal image, the Sitting cross-legged Amitabha is an important cultural property. There is seijo waterfall of the places of scenic beauty in the style of Japanese garden with a pond in the center Jodo garden. The temple of alias lotus. A flower blooms in the middle of August from the middle of July. A weeping cherry tree, iris, a hydrangea, the colored leaves are beautiful, too, and many poets leave the beautiful sight for a song including Buddhist priest Saigyo. Garden the remnants of an old building of the late Heian period that the seijo waterfall is precious again.