[2025 Minamiashigara Attraction] Travel Guide for Daiyuzan Saijoji Temple (Updated May)

The temple complex was one of the most impressive we’ve seen in Japan. Daiyuzan Saijo-ji is obscurely located in the mountain forests of Odawara's Hakone so it’s a really amazing peaceful place to spend the afternoon. We hiked to the temple from Daiyuzan town and it is a bit of climb but we did take a nice rewarding soak at the onsen close by after and took the onsen bus back to the town. There’s also an option to take the public bus there and back. Although it is still frequented by devout worshipers from all across Japan, it remains one of the less talked about magnificent places in Kanagawa Prefecture. #givethanks #givethanks

#aprilblooms An ancient temple of the Soto sect on the slopes of Mt. Myojinga on Mt. Hakone Outer Ring. It was opened in the first year of Oei (1394) in the middle of the Muromachi period and has a history of about 600 years. It is a Soto sect temple with the second only to Eihei-ji Temple in Fukui Prefecture and Soji-ji Temple in Tsurumi, Yokohama City, and has more than 4,000 sects throughout the country. The founder is Ryoan Emyo Zenji, and the principal image is Shakyamuni Buddha. The temple is also known locally as "Doryo-san", but there is a legend that the monk Doyo, a disciple of Ryoan Keimei Zen Master, devoted himself to the construction of the temple, and after Ryoan Emei Zenji's death, he became a tengu and flew away, and since then it has been enshrined as the guardian deity of the temple. From. In this regard, huge iron clogs weighing 3.8 tons are dedicated to the precincts, large and small iron clogs, and Tengu fans.

This is a large temple in Minamiashigara City. There is also a bus so it is easily accessible. Recommended for those who like power spots.

You can drive past the souvenir shop and reach the bottom of the main reception desk. From the parking lot (250 spaces), take the gently sloping steps to the bottom of the Rurimon Gate. Climb the steep steps to enter the temple grounds, pass the main hall and Kaisan-do Hall, and head to the Tahoto Pagoda. After admiring Senshin Falls for a while, head back towards the main hall. Passing through the barrier gate while being glared at by the Tengu and crow statues, you climb the steep steps and finally come face to face with Wagogeta. #Daiyuzan Saijoji Temple #Wagogeta