本覚寺, Buddhist temple in Echizen Province, Japan

Hongakuji is a Jodo Shinshu temple of the Honganji-ha school in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, with the mountain name Wadayama and Amida Nyorai as its principal image. It was originally a nenbutsu dojo called Wada Dojo in the Wada district of Echizen Province, and is also known as Wada Hongakuji. Its main treasure is a silk hanging of the Buddha's nirvana painted by Ryosen in 1328, a designated Important Cultural Property.

Founded by Wada no Shinshō, a disciple of Shinran, the temple began as a nenbutsu dōjō called Wada Dōjō and belonged to the Takada branch of Jōdo Shinshū. In 1311, during the tenure of the third head priest Kakunyo, it affiliated with Honganji, and under the seventh head priest Sonnyo it formally adopted the name Hongakuji. In 1506, after defeat by the Asakura clan at the Battle of Kuzuryū River, it fled to Kaga, where it helped lead Echizen followers; in 1567 it was allowed to return to Echizen while retaining its Kaga base. In 1602, during the east-west split of Honganji, the Echizen line (this temple) sided with the west branch under Junnyo, while the Kaga line became the east branch temple Komatsu Hongakuji.

The temple belongs to the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha school and traces its founding to Shinran's disciple Wada no Shinsho, who ran a nenbutsu dojo called the Wada Dojo. It was originally affiliated with the Takada branch before submitting to Honganji in 1311, under the third abbot Kakunyo. The temple name Hongakuji was formally adopted during the time of the seventh abbot Sonnyo.

The temple stands in the Wada district of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, on the site of the former Wada dojo, and is also known as Wadayama Hongakuji. It belongs to the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha school and is dedicated to Amida Buddha. A portion of the ashes of pitcher Hiroshi Kobayashi, who played for the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers, is interred here, and a monument was erected for his seventh memorial in January 2016.

A portion of the ashes of pitcher Hiroshi Kobayashi, who played for the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers, is interred here because of his contributions to baseball in Fukui Prefecture; a memorial monument was erected for his seventh death anniversary in January 2016.