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 ...

The greatest athletes in the world today are neither the Olympic champions nor the stars of professional sports but the Marathon Monks of Japans sacred Mount Hiei Over a seven year training period ...