Takidera Bishamondo Hall is a small Buddhist temple in the forests south of Mt. Kasugayama, on the edge of the Takidera district. The temple houses a fourteenth-century wooden statue of Bishamonten, the Buddhist deity of war, and is noted for its ties to the warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578).

In the sixteenth century, Kenshin lived to the north of Takidera Bishamondo in his stronghold of Kasugayama Castle and is said to have often prayed at the temple before going into battle. He was a devout Buddhist and a follower of Bishamonten, and considered himself the living incarnation of the deity.

The temple was destroyed in 1600, when the Hori warrior family that had taken control of the area after Kenshin’s death suppressed an uprising against their rule. It was reconstructed in the nineteenth century by local residents, who used pieces of medieval Buddhist memorials they found in the vicinity for the building’s foundations. The Bishamonten statue currently displayed in the hall is thought to have been acquired by the temple after reconstruction.

The temple is surrounded by forest and its approach is lined by cherry trees. A festival is celebrated annually on April 3.