Kurama Kuyintaba esendaweni eyi-12 km ukusuka edolobheni lase Kyoto. Kungumbheda womkhuba we Reiki, futhi kuthiwa yindlu ka Sojobo, INkosi yasemaTengu, eyafundisa ngenkemba kuMinamoto noYoshitsune.
IKurama futhi iyindawo yomkhosi waminyaka yonke weFire Festival iKurama no Hi-matsuri, eba njalo ngo-Okthoba futhi iyikhaya leThempeli layo elidumile elalikhethwe njengomcebo kazwelonke waseJapan.
Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1900 (abanye bathi ngo-1914, abanye bathi ngo-1922), umsunguli kaReiki, Mikao UsuiWazindla izinsuku ezingama-21 kule ntaba, futhi wathola amandla kaReiki. UMikao Usui wazindla ngasesiqongweni sentaba endaweni ebizwa nge-Osugi Gongen, esizeni sesihlahla esikhulu esingcwele (iKami) okuthiwa sasiyisimo sikankulunkulu uMaoson.
Mayelana nethempeli laseKurama kuthiwa lasungulwa ngonyaka we-770 njengomgcini wengxenye yedolobha elisenyakatho (Heiankyo). Itholakala maphakathi nentaba. Izakhiwo zokuqala, nokho, zabhujiswa kaningi ngumlilo.
Leli thempeli phambilini belingelehlelo lamaTendai lobuBuddha, kepha kusukela ngo-1949, selibhalwe ohlwini lweqembu elisanda kusungulwa laseKokyo Kurama njengekomkhulu lalo.
Mayelana nomlando waso wezinganekwane kuhlobene ukuthi eminyakeni engaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha eyedlule, indodana kaMao (inkosi enkulu yabanqobi bobubi nomoya womhlaba) yehlela eKurama Mount of Venus, ngenhloso enkulu yokusindiswa ubuntu. Kusukela lapho, umoya we-Mao-nguvu wendodana elawula ukuthuthuka nokuvela kwesintu hhayi kuphela ubuntu, kepha kwezinto zonke eziphilayo eMhlabeni bezivela eMt.
Ngesikhathi se-Heian ne-Kamakura, ikakhulukazi, ubuciko nezincwadi zamaBuddha zakhula entabeni. Kunendaba ethokozisayo, ngokwesibonelo, yeqhawe elibizwa nge-Ushiwaka-mani (kamuva elaziwa njengoMinamoto Yoshitsune, 1159-1189).
Ngenkathi esengumfana omncane, waqala ubuciko bezempi ngaphansi kwe- "Subjugating Tengusan" (wobubi) eKurama, futhi waba yisosha elihle kakhulu. Izindawo eziningi zomlando ezihlobene naye zisasele entabeni.
