It is said that the temple was opened by Kobo Daishi, but it is not clear, Taishi stand this temple for a long time, and followed Buddha's teachings, at that time he carved an image of Dainichi Nyorai (it's size is about 5.5 centimater), made it the principal image, named the temple Dainichiji temple, and made it the fourth Buddhist temple. There three same Dainichiji temple (the thirteenth and twenty-eighth temple) in the 88 Buddhist temples in Shikoku. This temple repeated some ups and downs too, in the Tokugawa era as Dainichi Nyorai is the protective deity of the Hachisuka House, the temple was protected heartily by that House, the temple and the pagoda were done large repairs for the Genroku era (1688-703), and it got to present time.

Dainichiji temple goes Kotoku line. Dainichiji temple goes deep into the mountains, it is covered with green trees, and it is the quiet remote appearance, it seems indeed a temple in a mountain. The vermilion coleved main gate of a Buddhist temple is beautiful in the green trees, there is a bell tower on the gate, the pillar of the first floor is a square and that of the second floor is a collumn, so it is a particular gate of a bell tower. If you go through the gate, and go up the stairs of stone, there is the main temple at the front, Yakushido at the left side on this side, and Taishido on the right-hand side along the passageway from the main temple. The thirty-three Kannons of wood are installed at this roofed passage, this results from preaching in Kannonkyo (Kanzeon Bosatsu Fumonhin-one of Hokkekyo) which is preaches that Kannon changes its shape as thirty-three shapes and it helps us at any time and at any place. By the way Sanjusangendo in Kyoto and the 33 Buddhist temples in Saigoku and Bando append the figure of thirty-thee after this sustra.