大野橋を渡ると金言山法亀寺の宝塔が見えます。法亀寺は嘉永2年(1849年)、篤信家・中村金兵衛の願いで、箱館・実行寺第十五世金子日能師が、大野村東下町に法亀庵として許可されたのが始まりとされています。

境内にシダレザクラがあり、毎年春には美しい花を咲かせています。シダレザクラは幹が縦に裂け、枝がたれるサクラでバラ科に属し別名イトザクラともいいます。庭木または盆栽として鑑賞する落葉高木。ウバヒガンの一変種で特に紅色の濃いものをベニヒガンとして区別し、そのほか多くの園芸品種があります。福島県三春の滝桜は天然記念物として名高く、京都祇園のサクラもシダレザクラです。

樹齢およそ300年以上と言われる道内最大級のしだれ桜。高さは約12mで枝振りが大変良く、垂れ下がった枝いっぱいに花が咲くと大変見応えがあります。北海道でこれほど大きく育ったシダレザクラは大変珍しく、近隣に見られない桜ということで、遠くから花見に訪れる人もいます。

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When you cross Ohno Bridge, the pagoda of Kingenzan Hokkeji Temple can be seen. Hokkeji Temple is said to have started in Kaei 2 (1849), at the request of devout believer Kinbee Nakamura, when the 15th generation priest Nissho Kaneko of Hakodate Jikkouji Temple was permitted to establish it as Hokkean in Higashishitamachi, Ohno Village.

There is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura) on the temple grounds, and it blooms beautiful flowers every spring. Shidarezakura is a cherry tree with a trunk that splits vertically and drooping branches, belonging to the rose family, and is also called Itozakura (thread cherry) by another name. It is a deciduous tall tree appreciated as a garden tree or bonsai. It is a variant of Ubahigan, and those with particularly deep crimson color are distinguished as Benihigan, and there are many other horticultural varieties. The Takizakura of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, is famous as a natural monument, and the cherry blossoms of Gion, Kyoto, are also shidarezakura.

Said to be approximately 300 years old or more, it is one of the largest weeping cherry trees (shidarezakura) in Hokkaido. Its height is approximately 12m, and its branch spread is very good, and when flowers bloom all over its drooping branches, it is very impressive to behold. A shidarezakura that has grown this large in Hokkaido is very rare, and because it is a cherry tree not seen in the vicinity, some people visit from afar for cherry blossom viewing.