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Naka-in Temple, officially named Seiya-san Muryojuji Naka-in(星野山無量寿寺中院) is a Buddhist temple of Tendai sect, located in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.

History Naka-in temple was founded in 830 by the Buddhist monk Enrin with the name Muryoju-ji. The Tendai Temple was then divided into three parts called Naka-in(中院middle temple), Kita-in (北院north temple) and Minami-in(南院south temple). Kita-in is mow a separate temple and Minami-in remains only a cemetery. This temple spread religious teachings of esoteric Buddhism of Tendai sect and controlled more than 580 temples of Tendai sect in Kanto region. This temple moved to the current ground to worship shogun Iemitsu of Tokugawa government in Toshogu in 1639. In 1976, the Tendai sect religious affairs agency gave a title of special temple for the history and beauty of this temple. The garden of this temple is known for its beauty changing the shape with the seasons.

Features The temple is also famous as the place of the origin of Kawagoe tea and Sayama tea. It is said that it began at the time of the temple’s creation, when Enrin brought tea leaves into the compound and cultivated them as medicine, and that there were also tea fields inside the compound in the past. Inside the compound, there is a stone monument recording this event.

There is a grave of the mother-in-law of great writer Toson Shimazaki in the graveyard. He often visited this temple. The tea ceremony room ‘Fusentei’ which he gave to his mother-in-law was rebuilt here in 1992, It is preserved as cultural assets of Kawagoe for a long time. In front of the tea room, a monument by the writing of Toson stands.

References Naka-in web site (in English) KOEDOKAWAGOE Tourist Association web site (in English) Wikipedia Kita-in page retrieved on December 15,2017