Whispered Shadow·Rakutō / Higashiyama

Legendary Well to the Underworld

A Rinzai temple of the Kenninji school at Rokudō-no-tsuji, long held to be the boundary between this world and the next. In the garden behind the main hall remains the well said to have been used by Ono no Takamura, who by day served the imperial court and, so the legend goes, by night the court of Enma, king of the dead. At Bon, the toll of the "welcoming bell" is believed to reach the underworld.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.