KOFUKUJI TEMPLE
Kofukuji Temple (Nagasaki) is Japan's oldest Chinese
temple of the Obaku sect.
Kofukuji Temple - Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji (東明山興福寺) is Japan's
oldest and first Chinese temple of the Obaku sect. It can be traced to the
time when the merchants of China's Ming Dynasty, who frequented the route to
Nagasaki,
Japan, Kofukuji Temple was built in 1620, as a small monastery
for the Chinese merchants and sailors of China's Ming Dynasty, who sailed
the sea to
Nagasaki,
Japan. Kofukuji Temple provided a place for the Chinese to pray
for a safe voyage.
During this period the Japanese Government had a policy of prohibition on
Christianity which was harshly enforced. This lead even the Chinese
residents and visitors to
Nagasaki, to prove they were
Buddhists by building a series of Chinese Buddhist temples.
Spectacles Bridge, Japan's oldest
stone bridge, was built by Mokusunyoujo, a second generation Zen master of
Kofukuji Temple. Kofukuji Temple is also, it is famous as the temple from
which the Buddhist Zen master Ingen, high priest of China, entered a
monastery. The Kofukuji Temple precinct house many cultural assets including
the Daiyu Treasure House, a nationally designated important cultural
property. Kofukuji Temple and surroundings are a prefecturally designated
historical landmark.
Location: 4-32 Teramachi
Hours: 08:00-17:00
Open 7 days a week throughout the year.
Entrance Fee: Adults: ¥200, Aged 12-17: ¥150, Aged 6-11: ¥100 |
