Daihongan, Nagano Overview
One of the two head temples that jointly run Zenko-ji, and the Jodo-sect half of the arrangement, led by an abbess drawn from the aristocracy or the imperial family. It is a working convent rather than an exhibit, and the quiet inside its gate is the whole contrast with the approach outside. It sits immediately west of the main hall, so it costs a short detour and no ticket.
