Fukuoyama Jiganji Temple

Fukuozanjiji Temple was founded in the 13th year of Tenmon (1544) in the Muromachi period. At the time of its founding, it was located near Horikoshi High School in Chuo 2-chome, Nakano-ku, but it was moved to its current location (Chuo 3-chome, along Ome Kaido) during the Edo period. It is said that in the fourth year of Keio (1868) during the Meiji Restoration, the Shogitai, which was the guard of Tokugawa Yoshiki, the 15th shogun of the Edo shogunate, held a secret meeting in the old main hall, and the sword wounds inflicted by the soldiers at that time remained on the pillars of the old main hall. This former main hall is said to have been built during the Bunsei and Tenpo periods (early 1800s), but it was destroyed by the Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945. The statue of the Gohonzon, the Bodhisattva Seikanseon, was protected from the fires of war and is still carefully enshrined today in the main hall newly built after the war. In 1979, a new golden stupa was erected. A stupa is a stupa = a memorial pagoda for enshrining the remains of Buddha. Inside the stupa of Jiyan Temple, there is a stupa (stored in a jar excavated from the Great Stupa of Piprawa in North India in 1898) that was commissioned by Wat Suraket, a first-class temple in Thailand. He continued his training with the help of Wat Sraket, and eventually the previous abbot of Jigan Temple, who was entrusted with the Buddha's shrine, built this stupa to enshrine it. Thai-style stupas have been erected in various places in Japan, but this pagoda is said to be the first to be built in Tokyo.

Visiting hours: 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. * From the viewpoint of crime prevention, the gate along the Ome Kaido is basically closed. It is not locked at the above time, so please feel free to enter.