Kōfuku-ji Temple
香福寺
Kofukuji is a historic Rinzai Zen temple with ancient structures and a unique family crest.
What it is
- Rinzai Zen temple, Kencho-ji school.
- Founded between 1394 and 1427.
- Founder was Zokai Seichin.
- Principal image is Jizo Bosatsu.
What to see
- 19th-century single-bay, four-legged temple gate.
- Main hall from the late 18th century.
- Bell tower with a bell cast in 1686.
- Mitsu-uroko (three scales) family crest.
- 400-year-old Koyamaki tree in the garden.
- Tokuhon Nenbutsu-to tower, erected 1819.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
相模原市緑区橋本5丁目39-17 Open in Google Maps
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