Akasaka Fudo Sontokuji Temple

In the 24th year of the Imperial Calendar (805), Denkyo Daishi was on his way back from the Tang Dynasty when his ship was about to sink due to a storm, so he sank his own Fudo Myō into the sea and prayed, and returned home safely. Later, in the 2nd year of Cheonan (858), when the fishermen of Echigo Izumozaki continued to have no fishing, they saw a mysterious light every night, and when they searched for it, Fudo Myo, who had been sunk by the great master, appeared from the sea and carefully enshrined him. In the 6th year of Eijo (1063), Minamoto Yoriyoshi prayed for victory in the war, and after feeling the spiritual experience, he welcomed the statue to Shimoso Yonezawa (present-day Kanzaki Town, Katori District, Chiba Prefecture), and in the Kamakura period, in the 11th year of Bunei (1274), the regent Hojo Tokimune prayed for victory in the role of Fuminaga, and the temple fortune flourished greatly. In the 5th year of Keicho (1600), the resident monk Ryodai moved the temple to the land of Musashi Jintsugu (Hitotsugi) according to the dream of the honzon, and named it Ikemiyama Yakuna-in because it was a spiritual place with a view of the reservoir below. Before Ieyasu entered Edo, it is a pioneering ancient temple in Akasaka. In the Edo period, it became a prayer temple of the Kishu Tokugawa family and was widely worshipped by people and prospered greatly. People came to revere its majesty and called it Chikarayama Weitokuji, and even today there are kitchen and Buddhist utensils dedicated to the Kishu Tokugawa family in the chancel. Since then, he has escaped many disasters such as the Edo fire, the great earthquake, and the war damage.

Possible hours: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m