Hakone Shrine

Lake Ashi

 Izu-mura Station Burger Kitchen

Enjoy all the deliciousness of Izu !

Irresistible for shiitake mushroom lovers?! The inside is filled with shiitake mushrooms!! A local burger with shiitake mushrooms as the main ingredient! “THIS Izu Shiitake Burger” Izu shiitake mushrooms to the whole country! “Izu Mura no Eki”, a farm shop in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, which won the Excellence Award (runner-up) at the “Farm Shop Koshien 2015”, which decides the best farm shop in Japan, is celebrating its 10th anniversary by releasing a local Izu burger, “THIS Izu Shiitake Burger”, on January 22, 2016.

Kannami Hotokenosato Museum

In the Kuwabara district of Kannami-cho, twenty-four Buddhist statues, including the Heian-period “Yakushi Nyorai” and the Kamakura-period “Amida Triad,” have been protected by the deep faith of the villagers.

In the late 1890s, volunteers from Kuwabara built the “Kuwabara Yakushido” on the mountainside behind Chogenji Temple as a facility to prevent the statues from being scattered and to preserve and pass them on to future generations. In March 2008, the twenty-four Buddhist statues from the Kuwabara Yakushido were donated to Kannami-cho by the Kuwabara district. The

donated statues include the Amida Nyorai and the two attendant statues (abbreviated as the Amida Triad), which are designated as important cultural properties by the country, as well as tangible cultural properties designated by Shizuoka Prefecture (seated Yakushi Nyorai, standing statue of Bishamonten, standing statue of Shokannon, standing statue of Jizo Bodhisattva, and standing statues of the twelve heavenly generals), and among them are cultural properties that are nationally valuable.

The Kannami Buddha Museum was established as a facility to preserve and pass on to future generations the precious cultural assets that are the property of the townspeople

, and to allow many people to view and learn from them. The group of Buddhist statues that have been protected in the hearts of the villagers are waiting for your visit.

Chokoji Temple Zen Meditation Experience

Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192-1219), the third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, is also known as a tragic poet.

He composed many excellent poems about the scenery of Izu while visiting the current Izuyama Shrine in Atami and Mishima Taisha Shrine in Mishima. When Minamoto no Yoritomo established the shogunate in 1192 (Kenkyu 3), Izuyama Shrine was revered as the guardian deity of the Kanto region and attracted the deep faith of successive shoguns.
Izuyama Shrine flourished as a shrine and temple for prayer and had many branch temples.

There are also two temples in the Tanna Basin, Horin-ji and Choko-ji, both of which were branch temples of Izusan Shrine.

In 1795 (Kansei 7) during the Tokugawa period, the temple was converted to the Soto sect by its founder, Zen Master Monshitsu Bunshu, and has remained so to this day.

This ancient temple on the east side of the basin was founded during the Keicho era and has been passing down the teachings of the Buddha for 400 years.

Within the grounds are enshrined two statues, Yakushi Nyorai and Iketsuki Bato Kannon. Iketsuki Bato Kannon is deeply revered as the birthplace of Minamoto no Yoritomo’s beloved horse.

Main image: Shakyamuni Tathagata.

The temple enshrines Yakushi Nyorai, Iketsuki Bato Kannon (Minamoto no Yoritomo’s beloved horse), Zen master Dogen, Zen master Keizan, the Zen masters who have lived at the temple, and the spirits of the temple’s parishioners.

Kakinuma Ninsho Chief priest

Chief priest of Chokoji Temple. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1956. He became a monk at the age of 20 and traveled around India. After graduating from the Department of Buddhist Studies at Komazawa University, he visited a Zen center in America and, through his encounters with hippies, decided to pursue the free-form path of Zen, and began training at the head temple, Eiheiji.

Currently, while serving as the chief priest, he also teaches and preaches “Jikizen,” a method of learning Zen through food, as a vegetarian cuisine researcher. He also continues to seek the path while expanding the scope of his activities as a Zen artist, holding solo exhibitions in various parts of America and Japan.

Shuzenji Temple, Hie Shrine

Shuzenji Temple

Shuzenji Temple is a Soto Zen temple located in Shuzenji, Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

It was founded in 807 by Kobo Daishi Kukai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism .

During the Kencho era (1249-1255), it became a Rinzai sect temple, and in the 9th year of the Oei era (1409), the temple buildings were burned down during the war, but were later rebuilt by Hojo Soun, who ruled Izu Province, and became the current Soto sect temple.

Hie Shrine

Hie Shrine is a shrine located in Shuzenji , Izu City , Shizuoka Prefecture . It is the site of Shinko-in Temple in Shuzenji , where Minamoto no Noriyori was imprisoned by his brother, Minamoto no Yoritomo .
Company History
This site is in the direction of the evil spirits of the neighboring Shuzenji Temple , and was originally the Sanno Shrine , which is said to have been built by Kukai as a guardian deity of the evil spirits. However, it was separated from Shuzenji Temple and became an independent shrine due to the Shinbutsu Bunri Edict . Within the temple grounds was Shinko-in Temple, one of the eight tower temples of Shuzenji Temple . In 1193 , Minamoto no Noriyori was imprisoned in Shinko-in Temple by his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo. Later, he was ambushed by 500 soldiers led by Kajiwara Kagetoki , and is said to have committed suicide after a defensive battle .
About 600 meters west of the temple grounds, on the mountainside, there is a shrine said to be the grave of Minamoto no Noriyori, and an urn was excavated from it in 1879 ( Meiji 12th year)] .

Bamboo Forest Path, Shuzenji

The bamboo forest path in Shuzenji Onsen town is lit up at night.
In the middle of the bamboo forest, illuminated by a fantastic light, there is an illuminated circular bamboo bench.
At night, the circular bench becomes an art spot for paper cutting.
Paper cutting art by Mizuguchi Chiharu, a paper cutting artist from Shuzenji, is lit up on the circular bench. The paper cutting depicts a man and woman gazing at each other on the bridge, with the motif of a love bridge tour.

There are other light-up spots in Shuzenji Onsen town, such as River Terrace Sugi no Yu (foot bath) in Tokko-no-yu Park and Hie Shrine, which are also recommended for nighttime strolls. We recommend bringing a “paper lantern firefly basket” with you for your night stroll. You can experience making a paper lantern firefly basket at ” Mingei Mugiwara no Mise Ashita
” , located right next to the Shuzenji Onsen bus stop , so please take your homemade paper lantern with you for a stroll.