Hontaki-ji, Buddhist temple in Nose, Japan

Hontaki-ji is the head temple of the Myōken sect of Buddhism, on the middle slope of Mount Myōken in Nose, Osaka Prefecture. Its main hall was created by converting the Jōtomidō, one of the halls of the Nose Myōken sanctuary, and the temple's name comes from the Nose no Hontaki waterfall in the southeastern depth of its grounds, where water falls from the mouth of a bronze dragon beneath a large stone torii.

The monk Noma Nisshō founded the temple in 1921 on the site of the old ascetic practice ground Hon-taki, transferring the name of the Tendai temple Kunkō-in in Nara because permission for a new temple was hard to obtain. It was renamed Hontaki-ji in 1926 and became independent of the Tendai school in 1946, when it established the Myōken sect and became its head temple.

The temple belongs to the Myōken sect, which it founded in 1946 when it became independent of the Tendai school; its main image is Shakyamuni, flanked by Myōken Daibosatsu and Tsunetomi Daibosatsu. The name comes from the Nose no Hontaki waterfall in the southeast of the grounds, called Myōken Falls before the Edo period. The waterfall has a large stone torii and water falling from a bronze dragon's mouth.

The temple sits on the mid-slope of Mount Myoken, and the Nose no Hontaki waterfall lies at the back of the precinct's southeast corner, reached past a large stone torii where water falls from a bronze dragon's mouth. Many stone Buddhas line the paths around the falls and the route up to the summit. The precinct also hosts a cafe on weekends and Mondays.

The temple is known as a "bike temple": the vice-abbot brothers are Harley-Davidson enthusiasts, a fact spread through motorcycle magazines. Riders now gather to pray, and the temple hands out "Bike Temple" stickers and guardian bells. A café opens on weekends and Mondays at a viewpoint on the grounds.