Iwate Prefectural Hiraizumi World Heritage Guidance Center

Basho haiku monument

Basho, who visited this place in May of the second year of Genroku (1689), composed the following poem in memory of the unfortunate Lord and Servant Yoshitsune. “Summer grass and soldiers are the traces of dreams.”

Chusonji zazen, sutra copying, and sermon experience

At an ancient temple founded 1150 years ago, you can step away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and quietly look inside yourself through experiences such as zazen, copying sutras, and holding sermons. Calm the waves of emotion, unify your mind, look at yourself and improve yourself.

Chusonji Temple [World Heritage Site]

Tendai sect, Tohoku Daihonzan. The name of the mountain is Kanzan, and Jikaku Daishi is the founder of the mountain. At the beginning of the 12th century, the first Lord Kiyohira of the Oshu Fujiwara clan built many temples and pagodas, including the Tahoto and Nikai Daido. Its purpose was to comfort the spirits of those who died in the long wars of the First Nine Years War and the Second Third Year War, and to build a Buddhist nation. Unfortunately, the hall and pagoda were destroyed by fire in the 14th century, but it is still a treasure trove of Heian art, containing over 3,000 national treasures and important cultural properties, including the Kaneiroki Hall.