Ekoji Buddhist Temple

Ekoji (恵光寺, Ekō-ji) is a temple of the Jōdo Shinshū Hongwanji-ha Japanese Buddhist sect in Fairfax Station, Virginia, near Washington, D.C.

Ekoji (literally in Japanese, "Temple of the Gift of Light") was founded in 1981; its initial location was an office condominium building located in Springfield, Virginia, and a larger temple was constructed in Fairfax Station, Virginia, in 1998.

Kenryu Tsuji (1919-2004), the former Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America, and the late Rev.

Dr. Yehan Numata, a Japanese businessman and devout Jodo Shinshu Buddhist.

The temple serves as the headquarters for the taiko drumming ensemble Nen Daiko.