Nandaimon Gate

Five-story pagoda

Miedo, the site where the great priest Kukai was born

Five-story pagoda in the east precinct

Asahi-sha built in 1837 

Main building, enshrining the KAMI

Kagura-den, building dedicated to the sacred kagura dance

Main building and its annex 

Tokimari ceremony

Shinto priests in “kicking-ball” ceremony  

White ball made of deer skin

More than 1,000-year-old game 

Three times a year including May 5th

Main gate of Kokubunji Temple 

Main gate  

Precinct of the temple

Blossoms in the precinct

Niomon gate of Okuboji Temple

South gate of the temple

Garden in the temple

Garden in the temple

Yaezakura: Double cherry blossoms in the temple

Shakunage: Rhododendron in Okuboji Temple 

Shakunage blossoms