After walking around the
Buke-yashiki street, we went to another place, the Aizen-do (愛染堂) Buddhist temple. Aizen-do is the oldest temple in
Taketa, a city in
Oita Prefecture where the Oka Castle is located.
The temple was built in 1635 by Nakagawa Hisamori (中川久盛) with support from Takeda Banshosaku Uemon (竹田番匠作右衛門), the artisan of
Hida Province. Hisamori, the second
daimyo of the Oka Domain in
Bungo Province, was appointed as a member of the construction team of
Nikko Tosho-gu. After he was completed his mission, he went back to his duties as a lord and ask Uemon to build the temple.
When you came to a side street called Hachimangawa Yokocho, you'll see the whole staircase that goes up to the temple.
Going up the stairs, there is a temple where Nakagawa was built as a prayer house. When you go to the left, you can see the Entsukaku (円通閣) stone wall gate as shown in the picture below.
The Aizen-do main hall. The main deity of the temple is Aizen-myoo, known as the god of love, that's why many couples go to pray their marriage.
Before going back to the car park, we saw statues of sixteen kannon at the entrance of the temple. Look at the picture. The 16 arhats standing on stone pillar!
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