This temple belongs to the Nichiren Buddhist sect, and was initially built in Koei 3 (1344) by the Venerable Nichijo Shonin, the uncle of shogun Ashikaga Takauji, as a hokkedo (a hall for meditating on the Lotus Sutra), and was later opened as a temple by the Venerable Nitcho Shonin in Bunmei 11 (1479).
In March of Meiji 10 (1878), this temple caught fire in the Kakidaya Fire, and was relocated in the same year as a main gate of Higuchi Honjin (an officially appointed inn) in Mishima.
Within the grounds of the temple, there is the Tomb of the Pious Dogs.
A sad story about the dogs that lived in the temple used to be told in the Edo Period: when the mother dog became sick, her puppies tried their best to nurse her back to health, but tragically, neither the mother dog nor the puppies could survive.