Ono Takamura, a brilliant bureaucrat and Chinese poet of the early Heian period, is said to have served the Imperial Court by day and the Great King Enma, the emperor of Hell in the underworld, by night. Ono Takamura is said to have used two old wells in Rikudo-Jinnoji Temple to go to the underworld, and they are called "wells of passage to the underworld" and "wells of Yomizumigaereri. A small shrine of Takebayashi Daimyojin, which enshrines Ono Takamura's Buddhist image, is located by the wells.

The bell is said to call the spirits of ancestors back to this world. Since ancient times, it has been believed that the sound of the bell reaches the underworld, and that the spirits are invited by the sound of the bell to be welcomed back to the capital in late summer. Although visitors cannot directly see the bell inside the building, they can freely ring it by pulling a rope outside. Listen to the sound of the bell, which is said to be connected to the underworld.