This Tendai Buddhist temple lies nestled amid tranquil mountains. Originally created by legendary mystic En no Gyoja, it was founded as a genuine temple by Prince Kaijo in the late 8th century. Armies would advance through the area during the Warring States period between the 15th and 16th centuries, causing the daimyo lord of the region to issue an edict guaranteeing the temple's lands. The temple won patronage from the lords of Takatsuki Castle and the Imperial court during the Edo era before being fully renovated during the 18th century by Keishoin, the mother of Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa. The grounds also house a Kaisando hall dedicated to the temple's founder and a sutra-inscribed stone tower built by Prince Kaijo. The temple's standing statues of the deities Kannon and Bishamonten are both national Important Cultural Properties. Similarly, the Hokyoin tower in the mountain foothills is a prefectural Tangible Cultural Property. The temple also holds writings, including texts by famed Christian daimyo Ukon Takayama, which are a Takatsuki City Tangible Cultural Property.