Eikan-do was founded in 856 but most of the buildings are from the 16th century. It honors another populist monk, who was so fond of Buddha that he used to lead his followers dancing around the temple grounds. There's a famous statue at the center of the temple showing Buddha looking back over his shoulder, which is unique since Buddha statues all over Asia follow pretty strict rules about what positions you can show him in. The reason for the backward look is one day while the monk and his followers were dancing around, the statue came to life and started leading the dancers. The monk was understandably surprised and momentarily forgot his dance steps, and the dancing statue turned around to yell at the monk to stop screwing up the macarena and pick up the pace.