Founded in 1629 by Chinese merchants: the oldest Chinese-style temple in Japan.
The gate and the buildings were built with timber and designs imported from the Chinese province of Fujian, and two of them, the Hall of the Great Hero (1646) and the First Gate of the Peak (1644), are National Treasures: it is the oldest Chinese-style temple in Japan, founded in 1629 by the merchant community from Fuzhou.
Founded in 1629 by the Chinese merchants living in Nagasaki, who brought the monk Chōnen over from China as its first abbot: it represents the Ōbaku style, a Zen school of Chinese origin that spread in Japan in the seventeenth century. Among the Important Cultural Properties it holds: the Sanmon gate (1849), the bell tower (1728) and a Buddhist painting by Wu Bin from 1610.
ℹ️ Opening hours and ticket price to be checked on the official site. A 3-minute walk from Sofuku-ji tram stop.
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