The temple is said to about 1300 years old! The legend want that as the ascetics were practicing secret ritual under the falls, the Immovable (Acala, Fudo Myo-o in Japanese) appeared riding a red eyed cow. From this time on, this became a place for the worship of Acala, the Immovable. No need to say that this place became since a high place of Buddhism in Japan.
