The root dojo of Shugendo, which is invariably attended by those who aspire to Mt. [Omine-san], is said to be the beginning when an actor discovered a spring in the Dorogawa and celebrated the Great King of Yagai. The gayer cleans himself with the shimizu of the precinct before entering the mountain.

It is said to have been founded in the late Heian period by Taira Shigemori. The three statues of the Honson Yakushi of the Fujiwara era are enshrined in the main hall. It is also known as a famous place of button, and in the season, 1000 glossy buttons of 100 species bloom. Azalea, Oyama Aenge and Small Chrysanthemum are also beautiful.

The 8th Tasho of the Western Kingdom. In Engi, for Emperor Tenmu, in the first year of Suzutori (686), Michimeijojin lay the Coppboard Hohakakakaizaku (national treasure) in a stone room in the west of Oka. It is said that in the year of Kamikame 4 (727), Tokudō Jinjin received the life of Emperor Shōmu, and laid down the statue of the Eleanmen in Oka in the east. Although he was repeatedly caught on fire, he was re-emerged with the assistance of the Imperial Court and Toyotomi Hidemasa and others. A 399-step stone-step ascend (National Important Cultural Property) follows the main hall (National Treasure) from the Niangmen Gate. The main hall of the stage construction was rebuilt by Tokugawa Iemitsu in the third year of Keian (1650). The Honson Eleven-faced Guanyin Statue (Kunigeki Cultural Property) of the Muromachi period is a 10m high colossus. The temple treasure can be seen in spring and autumn at the Sohouzo. Button, with about 7000 shares, is also famous.