This is a temple of the Tendai sect and from the Heian Period to the Edo Period was a place where the Fudaraku-tokai, crossing the sea to the southern pure land, took place. Priests and devotees headed out in small boats to the southern sea, aiming for Fudarakusan, a pure land far away presided over by Kannon, bodhisattva of compassion. These journeys were carried out about twenty times from the 9th century to the 18th century. There are tombstones on the grounds for priests who went out on the Fudaraku-tokai.
