This study was conducted for the purpose of understanding the amount of physical activity performed by people during the Edo period. This report used the example of the priest Hakuin and measured the distances he walked between temples on training and pilgrimage. To measure the distances, the author of this report needed to faithfully keep track of the names and locations of the temples the priest Hakuin visited. Hakuin visited a total of 137 temples and seven private residences. He walked 500 kilometers or more a year at the ages of 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 66, 67 and 74. If one walks a distance of four kilometers three times a week, one will end up walking 576 kilometers over the course of a year. The annual distance walked by the priest Hakuin is roughly the same as the annual distance walked when one walks a distance of four kilometers three times a week. This level of physical activity can be performed by people today. Given the above, the author proposes the slogan, “Let’s walk like the priest Hakuin.”

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This study uses historical maps and data to research the Buddhist temple area in Komagome. The temple and graveyard areas of the Edo, Early-Meiji Period, Beginning of Taisho Period and the present day are layered on a map, and the overlapping images are analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the following findings are observed:
1. In the Edo Period, many temples were transferred from the neighboring areas, for example, Kanda, Yushima and Hongo. Of these, nine temples' were using the Rinso-in's territory.
2. After land requisition in the early Meiji Period, in almost all cases, less than half of the bestowed land was authorized as a precinct temple area. Leased or taxed land in the Edo Period were authorized as a private land.
3. Some of the temple area was disposed and returned as private land due to the self-clearing petition appealed by the superior of the temple.
4. By the end of the Meiji Period, many temple areas, inside and outside the precinct were disposed. In many cases, graveyards remained on the original temple area.
5. The shape of the main street in the Edo Period can be seen in this area, and that of the town house block inherited from the Edo Period can be seen in some places. On the other hand, the high-rise apartment, located along the main street, overlooks the cemetery from the balcony of the apartment.

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