Today Mount Hiei is known as the site of Enryakuji Temple, the head monastery of Saicho’s new Tendai Sect. Although the temple was erected to protect the city of Kyoto, it was located on the Lake Biwa ...

A descendant of the famed warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) attended a memorial service held at Enryakuji temple on Mount Hiei on Sept. 12, the 450th anniversary of the atrocity, to commemorate the ...