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his wife Daigan-ji, a temple of the Jōdo sect of Buddhism, was founded in honour of the monk Doyo Teiha during the Warring States Period of the Tenbun Era (1532-1555) by Hara Taneyoshi and his wife, who were chief vassals of the Chiba clan and lords of Oyumi Castle. It is said that Hara Taneyoshi's wife was healed of an illness, which increased her faith in the monk Doyo Teiha, and thus leading to the temple being built north of the castle. Around this time, the Hara clan governed the Oyumi area instead of the Chiba

) of Gokuraku-ji Temple (in Kamakura). There, prayers were offered to the souls of the Chiba clan members when they passed away. The chronicle mentions that it was moved to Chiba during Sadatane’s (Yoritane’s grandson) time, and that in 1455, when Chiba Tanenao and others perished at Tako Castle and Shima Castle (in Tako-machi), their remains were sent to Dainichi-ji Temple and the stone gorintos were built. In 1963, when park construction was underway, a bonsho (Buddhist bell) with an inscription on it, believed to be from the year 1344, was unearthed. The sudden excavation

, and it is said that this was the same year in which Kotoku-ji Temple was built. However, Tanetaka was still young at this time and it is believed that after becoming an adult, he constructed the temple in memory of his father. The Hara clan was based in Oyumi Castle, in what is now known as Oyumi-cho, Chuo Ward. In 1455, Hara Tanefusa (Tanetaka’s grandson) and Makuwari Yasutane, who was an elder of the Chiba Clan, killed Tanenao (Ujitane's great-grandson) who was the head of the Chiba Clan. As Hara Tanefusa helped Yasutane to

way to Togane to hunt eagles, and drank tea that was made with water from this spring. Sixty years later, in 1674, Tokugawa Mitsukuni (grandson of Ieyasu, known by the name Mito Komon), who visited the region, left behind writings saying “There is water at the base of an old castle known as the ‘ochanomizu of Tosho-gu’ [Tosho-gu is Tokugawa Ieyasu’s deity title]. To the right, there is a forest of pine trees, where it is said to be the ‘site of the Toshogu Shrine inn’”. This spring was an important source of water for the

都市,モントルー Introduction to Montreux 　Montreux is in the Lake Geneva area of the canton of Vaud, roughly an hour east of Geneva by a train that runs along the lake. The walking trails along Lake Geneva provide a spectacular view of Chillon Castle, which was built on a rocky outcropping and looks almost as if it were floating on the lake. Montreux is also a convention city where many international conferences and events take place. Each July, the Montreux Jazz Festival attracts famous musicians from all over the world, making it a seasonal event