Gokuraku-ji

Finding their petitions were not accepted, they approached the wives and widows of high-ranking officials and slandered me in various ways.

The women reported the slander to the officials saying, "According to what some priests told us, Nichiren declared that the lay priests of Samyoji and Gokurakuji have fallen into the hell of incessant suffering.

He said that the temples Kenchoji, Jufuku-ji, Gokuraku-ji, Choraku-ji, and Daibusu-ji should be burned down, and the honorable priests Doryu and Ryokan beheaded." Under these circumstances, at the regent's supreme council, my guilt could scarcely be denied.

To confirm whether I had or had not made those statements, I was summoned to the court.

At the court, the magistrate said, "You have heard what the regent stated.

Did you say this thing or not?" I answered, "Every word is mine.

However, the statement about the lay priests of Samyoji and Gokurakuji falling into hell is a fabrication.

I have been declaring this doctrine, that the schools they belong to lead to hell, since before their deaths.

You pass Hase Station, closest to the Great Buddha and the Hasedera Temple, with its cliff full of small stone figures.

You pass Gokurakuji, named for the Temple of the Western Paradise, set in a cut through the hill, so narrow and wooded that it feels like a different country from the coast you just left.

You arrive at Inamuragasaki.

Inamuragasaki Station.