Jodo-ji Temple

Highlights & Introduction

Jodo-ji Temple is the birthplace and family temple of the Ōishi Family, famous for their involvement with the Chūshingura (story of the “Forty-seven Rōnin”). Within the shrine grounds are the graves of each generation of the Ōishi family, as well as a memorial tablet for the Forty-seven Rōnin.

Access

Address

1-chōme-10-6 Ōishihigashi, Otsu, Shiga 520-2264, Japan

By car: 10 min from the Otsu Interchange on the Meishin Expressway
By train: 5-min walk from the Shishitobibashi bus stop (Keihan Bus) from Ishiyama Station on the JR Biwako Line
By bus: 5 min walk from Shishitobibashi bus stop, reached by Keihan bus from JR Ishiyama Station