As he did at many of the other temples on the pilgrimage, Kōbō Daishi created a spring, the Tsue no Fuchi (Well of the Staff) at this temple. As he had done elsewhere he drew water here by striking his staff into the ground.

The temple compound is lower than the surrounding land and the nearby river's banks. Therefore, at this temple you step down, not up, to get to the hondō. And, since you must step down to enter, the temple has come to be known (jokingly) as Mugen Jigoku. Jigoku means Hell, and it is generally thought that, while you step up to enter the Pure Land, you step down to enter hell. (As an aside: in Buddhist cosmology there are nineteen levels of hell, eight burning hells, eight freezing hells, and three hells of isolation.)

Frederick Starr says that the Fudō Myōō and the Bishamonten were carved by Gyōgi Bosatsu.

The guidebook says that the honzon is installed facing backwards, presumably because it is too powerful and a direct gaze at worshipping henro would overpower them. I checked with the head priest in Spring 2018 and he denied that this is true. Apparently the honzon faces the front of the temple just like all the others.