Daikokuji Temple is an ancient temple founded in 665 by En no Gyoja (the founder of Shugendo). Its principal image is a statue of Daikokuten, which En no Gyoja is said to have personally carved after receiving a divine revelation from Daikokuten. It attracted worshippers as Japan's first sacred site for Daikokuten appearances and prayers, and flourished during the Muromachi period with the support of the Hatakeyama clan, the guardian of Kawachi. However, during the Tensho period, the temple was destroyed and burned during the Tensho era when it became Oda Nobunaga's camp during his attack on Osaka. It was later rebuilt as a Zen (Soto) temple during the Edo period and remains so to this day. The large temple bell on the temple grounds is a 400-year-old clear bell that rings in the same tune as the bell at Gion Shoja, a style believed to have the power to save all living beings. It also enshrines the Kannon statue said to have been donated by Lord Hatakeyama Motokuni, and is the 8th Kannon sacred site in the Kawachi Saigoku region.