Ankokuron-ji Temple

While living in a cave for three years--near the entrance gate of this temple--Nichiren wrote his famous treatise that Japan would be doomed unless false religions were abandoned. This piece was called "Rissho Ankoku Ron" from which the temple (established in 1274) takes its name. The grounds are nicely maintained and include splendid maples, as well as wild cherries which, legend tells us, Nichiren himself planted. The site of the cremation in 1320 of former abbot and Nichiren disciple, Nichi-ro, is clearly marked.