When you cross the Ōno Bridge, you can see the pagoda of Kingenzan Hokke-ji Temple. Hokke-ji Temple is said to have begun in Kaei 2 (1849), when Priest Kaneko Nichinō, the 15th head priest of Jikkō-ji Temple in Hakodate, was permitted to establish Hokke-an Hermitage in Higashishitamachi, Ōno Village, at the request of the devout believer Kinbee Nakamura.

There is a weeping cherry tree on the temple grounds, and it blooms beautiful flowers every spring. The weeping cherry tree is a cherry tree whose trunk splits vertically and whose branches droop, belonging to the Rosaceae family, and is also called Ito-zakura. It is a deciduous tall tree appreciated as a garden tree or bonsai. It is a variety of Ubahigan, and those with particularly deep crimson color are distinguished as Benihigan, and there are many other horticultural varieties. The Taki-zakura of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, is famous as a natural monument, and the cherry trees of Gion, Kyoto, are also weeping cherry trees.

It is one of the largest weeping cherry trees in Hokkaido, said to be approximately 300 years old or more. Its height is about 12m, and its branch shape is very good, and when flowers bloom all over its drooping branches, it is very impressive to see. A weeping cherry tree that has grown this large in Hokkaido is very rare, and because it is a cherry tree not seen in the vicinity, there are also people who come from far away to view the cherry blossoms.