Shoin

The temple credited as the origin of the '-an' suffix in soba restaurant names. During the Tenmei famine (1782–86), the head priest of Dokoan — a subsidiary temple here — served soba as a form of social relief. That soba, served with grated spicy daikon juice, became so celebrated that a satirical verse was written about it, and soba shops began adding 'an' to their names hoping to share in the fame. A stone monument still stands on the grounds, erected in 1786, declaring that soba may not enter the temple precincts — the priest having decided that flourishing like a noodle shop was interfering with religious practice.