Mt Hiei, the mountain that separates Kyoto from Lake Biwa, has long been regarded as one of Japan’s three holiest places. Enryaku-ji, the temple complex scattered across the mountaintop, was once a massive monastery and religious training center. So many of the founders of Japan’s various sects of Buddhism were…
History can prove hard to uncover. When delving back hundreds or even thousands of years into our past, we have to make do with whatever bits and pieces