There is a small temple in a corner of Hamacho Park.
It is a temple of Nichiren sect called Kiyomasa Koji, and it is a separate temple of Kumamoto Honmyoji.
As the name implies, this temple is the retainer of Hideyoshi Toyotomi's child-raising, dedicated to Shizugatake's Seven Spears and Prince Kato Kiyomasa, famous for his dispatch to Korea. Kiyomasa was given Higo country and became Kumamoto feudal lord.
Then, why is
the temple of Kiyomasa in Hamacho Park?
In Hamacho Park, there was a lower house of the Hosokawa family, who was originally the lord of Higo after the Kato family, and in 1861, feudal lord Narimori Hosokawa recommended the spirit of Kato Kiyomasa, enshrined in Honmyoji Temple in Kumamoto.
After the Meiji Restoration, it was temporarily called Kato Shrine (),
but it was returned to the Buddhist ceremony in 1885, renamed Kiyomasa Kodo, entrusted management to Kumamoto Honmyoji, and continues to the present as Honmyoji Betsuin It seems to be.
From now on, the season 
will be better, and I think that Hamacho Park, which has a lot of greenery
, and 
along the Sumida River behind the park, is ideal for walking.
Please visit Kiyomasa Koji once.
