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Gate to Saikyoji temple. Saikyoji is a 20-min. walk from central Sakamoto.
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Path going to Saikyoji temple's Hondo hall. This would be pretty during cherry blossom season.
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Smaller temples along the way.
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Stone marker indicating Saikyoji as the headquarters of the Tendai Shinsei Sect.
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Saikyoji temple's Hondo main hall, in Otsu, Shiga. 西教寺 本堂
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Doors of Saikyoji's Hondo hall
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Inside Saikyoji's Hondo hall.
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Main altar of Saikyoji's Hondo hall.
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Main altar of Saikyoji's Hondo hall.
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Other altars in Saikyoji's Hondo hall.
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Saikyoji is noted for the grave of Akechi Mitsuhide, the lord of Sakamoto Castle and temple patron who helped to reconstruct the temple.
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Grave of Akechi Mitsuhide who is most famous for assassinating Oda Nobunaga in Kyoto. 明智光秀
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Grave of Akechi Mitsuhide's wife Tsumaki Hiroko. 妻木煕子
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The temple is full of other graves and monuments.
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Statue of Priest Shinsei ( 真盛) as a boy. Founder of Tendai Shinsei Sect to which Saikyoji belongs.
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Saikyoji temple cemetary.
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Temple belfry
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Columbarium.
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