Jikoji Temple
This ancient temple is associated with En no Gyoja, and shuttle service is available from Hiraoka Station for the spring and autumn door-opening and door-closing ceremonies. In autumn, the temple grounds are decorated with maple trees that are over 200 years old.
Ankoku Pass is located on the border of an ancient road that runs from Nara through Kawachi to Naniwa (Osaka). During the Edo period, many haiku poets, including Matsuo Basho, visited Kamikiri Village to hear the song of the cuckoo. 1,300 years ago, a pair of demons lived here and attacked and ate travelers crossing the Ankoku Pass. En no Gyoja, who saw this, preached Buddhism to the demons, reformed them, cut their hair, and built a temple on this land, thus giving rise to Mount Kamikiri and Jikoji Temple. The temple grounds have been designated a Place of Scenic Beauty by Osaka Prefecture, and during the spring door-opening ceremony (the third Saturday of March) and the autumn door-closing ceremony (the third Saturday of September), two demons dressed as blue and red demons and a mountain ascetic run up the stone steps.
Basic information
- Business hours
- In the evening until 5pm
- Holidays
- there is no
- Price
- There is no admission fee
- Access
- Approximately 40 minutes on foot from Hiraoka Station or Nukata Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line
20 minutes by taxi from Ikoma Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line
- Address
- 1823 Higashi Toyoura-cho, Higashi Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, 579-8032
- Telephone
- 072-981-8211
- Fax
- 072-981-8211
- Other
- Festivals (Other)
Opening ceremony (third Saturday of March) Closing ceremony (third Saturday of September)
