About Our Church

In 1914, Rev. Kansei Asahi was the first to propagate the Nichiren sect in Sacramento, but he did not establish a church. Around 1930, thanks to the efforts of Rev. Jun Ikeda (then the head of the Los Angeles Church), the momentum for the establishment of the church increased. Rev. Ikeda held a ceremony. The following year, he established a church at 510 P Street, establishing the foundation as a church. Finally, in 1934, he purchased a house at 220 P Street, which became a full-fledged temple and expanded the teaching line, and the church developed.

In 1941, the Pacific War broke out and the church was closed, but it was reopened after the war ended, and was successfully restored thanks to the efforts of successive generations of teachers.

In 1968, the city of Sacramento’s redevelopment of the Capitol Mall forced the church to move to its present location. Construction of the new temple was completed in 1970. In June of the following year, a ceremony was held to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the birth of Nichiren Shonin, the founder of the sect. In 1976, the adjacent land was purchased and the precincts were expanded to approximately 1.5 acres.