Enryakuji is the head temple of the Tendai sect of Buddhism in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, and a World Heritage site. The gold-plated statue came to light in 2018 when the Goho Doji statue was being ...

The temple employee notified police at 1:45 p.m. that day. The Sanmon gate was built in 1621 in the early Edo Period (1603-1867) on the orders of Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shogun.