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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

A Tendai Buddhist monk from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, visits a home in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by the Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

Tendai Buddhist monks from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, walk around houses in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6866]

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Emperor, empress visit Enryaku Temple in Shiga

OTSU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko listen attentively as an abbot explains an ancient Buddhist scroll exhibited at the National Treasure Hall at Enryaku Temple on Mt. Hiei on Nov. 13. The imperial couple visited the temple, a World Heritage site, on the last day of a three-day visit to Shiga Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Enryakuji Temple celebrates 1,200th anniversary of Tendai sect

OTSU, Japan - Priests celebrate the 1,200th anniversary of the start of the Tendai sect by Priest Saicho on Jan. 26 at the Kompon-Chudo central hall at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei.

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Some 600 people pray for world peace

OTSU, Japan - Some 600 people representing various religious groups in Japan gather at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 4 to pray for world peace. The meeting dates back to 1987, when religious delegates from around the world held a meeting in commemoration of the 1,200th anniversary of the opening of the temple.

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Daremo Shiranai - Nobody Knows (2004)

Hiei Kimura, Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Momoko Shimizu & You Characters: Shigeru,Akira Fukushima,Kyoko,Yuki & Keiko, the mother Film: Daremo Shiranai - Nobody Knows; Dare Mo Shiranai (2004) Director: Hirokazu Koreeda 13 May 2004 Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai, JP 2004, Regie: Hirokazu Kore-Eda) Hiei Kimura, Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitauru, Momoko Shimizu, You / Koreeda /------- WICHTIG: Nutzung nur bei Filmtitelnennung und/oder in Zusammenhang mit Berichterstattung ｸber diesen Film --- IMPORTANT: To be used solely for coverage of this specific motion picture Date: 13 May 2004

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Daremo Shiranai - Nobody Knows (2004)

Yuya Yagira, Momoko Shimizu, Ayu Kitaura & Hiei Kimura Characters: Akira Fukushima,Yuki,Kyoko & Shigeru Film: Daremo Shiranai - Nobody Knows; Dare Mo Shiranai (2004) Director: Hirokazu Koreeda 13 May 2004 Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai, JP 2004, Regie: Hirokazu Kore-Eda) Yuya Yagira, Momoko Shimizu, Ayu Kitauru, Hiei Kimura / Kinder an Zaun, Maschendrahtzaun, Koreeda /------- WICHTIG: Nutzung nur bei Filmtitelnennung und/oder in Zusammenhang mit Berichterstattung ｸber diesen Film --- IMPORTANT: To be used solely for coverage of this specific motion picture Date: 13 May 2004

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Daremo Shiranai - Nobody Knows (2004)

Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Yuya Yagira & Ayu Kitaura Poster Characters: Shigeru,Yuki,Akira Fukushima & Film: Daremo Shiranai - Nobody Knows; Dare Mo Shiranai (2004) Director: Hirokazu Koreeda 13 May 2004 Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai, JP 2004, Regie: Hirokazu Kore-Eda) Kimura Hiei, Shimizu Momoko, Yagira Yuuya, Kitaura Ayu / Poster, Filmposter, Plakat, Filmplakat, auch: Koreeda /------- WICHTIG: Nutzung nur bei Filmtitelnennung und/oder in Zusammenhang mit Berichterstattung ｸber diesen Film --- IMPORTANT: To be used solely for coverage of this specific motion picture Date: 13 May 2004

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Japanese warship Hiei - Kongo Class Battlecruiser

Hiei - warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the second of four Kongo-class battlecruisers - formally commissioned in 1914. Battlecruisers carried less armour than Battleships, allowing them more speed, but often had similar weaponry and were of a similar size. Date: circa 1915

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Monk at renowned Japanese temple reprimanded for violent act

File photo taken in June 2007 shows Enryaku-ji, the headquarters of the Tendai school of Buddhism, on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monk at renowned Japanese temple reprimanded for violent act

Photo taken June 9, 2016, shows a lodging facility on the premises of the Enryaku-ji temple on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan. The temple admitted the same day that in April, a high-ranking monk hit a young trainee monk at the facility, rupturing his eardrum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Buddhist monk spends 9 days without food, water, sleep

Kogen Kamahori (C), chief priest of a temple in Otsu, emerges from a Buddhist training facility on Mt. Hiei in western Japan in the early hours of Oct. 21, 2015, after completing a nine-day ordeal without eating, drinking, sleeping or lying down and during which he chanted sutras 100,000 times. Kamahori, 41, is believed to be the 13th person in Japan after World War II to have completed the training known as "doiri," which is the hardest part of a 1,000-day "kaihogyo" training to achieve enlightenment and pray for people. Kamahori launched his 1,000-day kaihogyo in March 2011 and is expected to complete it around September 2017. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Buddhist monk spends 9 days without food, water, sleep

Kogen Kamahori (C), chief priest of a temple in Otsu, walks while being assisted on Mt. Hiei in western Japan in the early hours of Oct. 21, 2015, after completing a nine-day ordeal without eating, drinking, sleeping or lying down and during which he chanted sutras 100,000 times. Kamahori, 41, is believed to be the 13th person in Japan after World War II to have completed the training known as "doiri," which is the hardest part of a 1,000-day "kaihogyo" training to achieve enlightenment and pray for people. Kamahori launched his 1,000-day kaihogyo in March 2011 and is expected to complete it around September 2017. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monks jump off beam at Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

One of 12 monks who have finished a 100-day circumambulation of Mt. Hiei straddling Kyoto and Shiga prefectures in western Japan jumps from a height of seven meters from the edge of a 13 meter-long beam over Lake Biwa at Isakiji, a Buddhist temple in Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2015, during a traditional ritual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Enryakuji Temple celebrates 1,200th anniversary of Tendai sect

OTSU, Japan - Priests celebrate the 1,200th anniversary of the start of the Tendai sect by Priest Saicho on Jan. 26 at the Kompon-Chudo central hall at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Enryaku Temple in Shiga

OTSU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko listen attentively as an abbot explains an ancient Buddhist scroll exhibited at the National Treasure Hall at Enryaku Temple on Mt. Hiei on Nov. 13. The imperial couple visited the temple, a World Heritage site, on the last day of a three-day visit to Shiga Prefecture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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The Jogyo-do and the Hokke-do,Rinnoji Temple

Hokkedo (foreground) and Jogyodo are viewed from in front of Niomon Gate at Taiyuin. The buildings connected by outside corridor, called Futatsudo (the two shrines), are examples of a rare style seen only at Rinoji Temple and Mt. Hiei. Amida-nyorai and Madarajin are enshrined at Jogyodo, while Fugen-bosatsu, Kishimojin and Jurasetsu-nyo are enshrined at Hokkedo.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐11‐0]

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The Kamogawa Shijo district

View of a terrace on the Kamogawa River from the western end of Donguri Bridge, facing north-northeast. Lanterns and lamps light the temporary summer terrace, and the guests and dancing girls enjoy the evening. Shijo-Ohashi Bridge is visible on the left along with the roof of Minami-za Theater across the river in the middle. Mt. Hiei is faintly visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐104‐0]

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Konpon-chudo Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Konpon-chudo Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Jodo-in at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Jodo-in at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese Navy battleship

File photo taken in 1933 shows the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Hiei, which sank in the South Pacific during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Enryakuji reveals oldest building

Photo shows the interior of the oldest building at Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, revealed to the media on July 31, 2017. The building, Tenbo Rin-do, an important national cultural property, will open to the public for the first time from Aug. 1 through Dec. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Enryakuji reveals oldest building

Photo shows the interior of the oldest building at Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, revealed to the media on July 31, 2017. The building, Tenbo Rin-do, an important national cultural property, will open to the public for the first time from Aug. 1 through Dec. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Some 600 people pray for world peace

OTSU, Japan - Some 600 people representing various religious groups in Japan gather at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 4 to pray for world peace. The meeting dates back to 1987, when religious delegates from around the world held a meeting in commemoration of the 1,200th anniversary of the opening of the temple.