Founded in the 14th century by Shiin Tokushu, Daianji is a temple of the Tofukuji sect of Rinzai Buddhism. Its all-cypress main hall is said to have been transferred here after acting as the home of renowned merchant Sukezaemon Naya, and contains rooms built in the shoin-zukuri style of sutra study halls and audience rooms. Both the main hall and the interior partition murals - believed to have been painted by students of the Kano school of painting in the early 17th century - are Important Cultural Properties.

• address

  4-1-4 Minamihatagochohigashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, 590-0965

• average time

  30 minutes

• open

  Interior closed to the public Public viewing only during special public displays of Sakai Cultural Properties

• transport

  10-minute walk from Goryomae Station on the Hankai Tramway

• url

  http://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/spot/spot.php?id=96