It was built in the first year of Kanei (1624), and was rebuilt at its current location in the year of Genroku (1688-1704). The human skeleton Jizo-son of Shiniwagami is famous. It is a polar-colored Jizo-son with a height of 4m33cm, and the white part of the face, neck, chest, both hands and both feet is painted with human bones of a Buddha that no one will ever worship. There is also a house of furniture (Jububutsudo), which houses self-portrait drawings of the Heart Iwakaijin, Nembutsu books, and Raikei maps, and a garden with beautiful camellia, buttons, and hydrangeas.

Tucked away in the cedar forest at the back of Yuwaku Onsen Soyu; in the precinct of Mūji Takehisa's walk with his lover Hikono, there is a monument of a song dedicated to Hikono, as well as a source of origin.

The Shingon sect temple, which is the guardian main temple of Maeda Toshiie of Kaga Hyakumangoku, is the temple of the Mari Shiten, one of the Japanese Three Mari Shiten, and is a must-win prayer site where the Hōma Shōjō is held every morning; and the Kanazawa City designated view point.