Hieizan-Enryakuji

Hieizan-Enryakuji was built on the year AD 788.

It started with the building of the temple in the mountain.
This become the foundation to establish Buddhism in Japan. It was registered as the world’s cultural heritage in 1994.

It extends over the prefectural boundary in Kyoto and Shiga, and the Mount Hiei extends from the north to south ridge.

The entire area of this huge mountain is the temple region, and the cluster of buildings in the 3 regions namely the “Todo (East Pagoda)”, “Saito (West Pagoda”” and “Yokowa” built by making the best use of many valleys and ridges is called as Hieizan-Enryakuji temple. 
The entire surroundings extending about 100 km is the sacred region for Japanese Buddhism.