It is thought that the original dining hall was completed sometime after Kukai's death, around the end of the 9th or early 10th century, but was destroyed in an earthquake in 1596.
初代の食堂は空海没後の9世紀末から10世紀初め頃ににかけて完成したと推定されるが、文禄5年（1596年）の地震で倒壊。