Ten minute drive from Tsuruoka Park in the direction of Oyama, this Shingon Buddhism temple is known as the lying place for Tetsuryukai that is one of the six mummified remains in Shonai region. The main object of worship and the mummified remains were unharmed even after the whole temple was reduced to ashes by a fire in the Showa era. Even now, many people visit here attracted by this mystery.

3-6 Sunada-machi, Tsuruoka City TEL 0235-23-5054 [Open hours] Daily 9.00-18.00 [Entry Fees/ ￥] Adults: 300, Children: 150 [Access] From Tsuruoka Station, 10 minutes by bus on the Atsumi Hot Springs route to Nangaku Temple stop, then 4 minutes on foot