When visiting Ryoze Temple in spring or autumn, one first sees the colorful mountain gate, which was brought here in the early Meiji period.

Ryoze Temple was the main temple of a mountain religion. It is also called Yoshinami Sozan Reisen Temple. It is one of the Rokugo-Manzan-Sueyama temples.

The temple has 12 monks and draws worshipers from the Matama-so area. Many monks trained themselves in the harsh mountains. During the Muromachi period, the temple fell into disuse, but it was reconstructed in the Edo period.

There are statues of Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara, Tathagata and Tenbu. Within its precincts, there are historical assets such as bells, statues of Nio and a 4.87m-high Jizo (the largest in eastern Japan). The Hokyo-in-to, also standing in the temple precincts, is one of the most beautiful stone towers in Japan. The temple lies in the Ebisudani valley, where the feeling of history is further enhanced by the Jisso Temple and Rokusho Shrine.