Kofukuji Temple
Kōfuku-ji or Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Ōbaku school of Zen established in 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan. It is an important cultural asset designated by the government.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: kofukuji@bg.mbn.or.jp
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kōfuku-ji”, “Kōfuku-ji Temple”, and “Kofukuji”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include City hall of Nagasaki and Megane Bridge.
City hall of Nagasaki
Town hall
Photo: Atsasebo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
City hall of Nagasaki is a town hall, which is situated 420 metres northwest of Kofukuji Temple.
Megane Bridge
Monument
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Meganebashi or Spectacles Bridge, over the Nakashima River was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Chinese monk Mokusunyoujo who was in the second generation of Chinese monks living at Kofukuji Temple. Megane Bridge is situated 370 metres west of Kofukuji Temple.
Soufukuji Temple
Buddhist temple
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Sōfuku-ji is an Ōbaku Zen temple that was built by the Chinese monk Chaonian in 1629 as the family temple of the Chinese from Fuzhou, Fujian Province who settled in Nagasaki. Soufukuji Temple is situated 600 metres south of Kofukuji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dejima and Nagayo.
Dejima
Locality
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Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch.
Nagayo
Town
Nagayo is a town located in Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the town had an estimated population of 39,548 in 17077 households, and a population density of 1400 people per km2. The total area of the town is 28.73 km2. Nagayo is situated 8 km north of Kofukuji Temple.
Kofukuji Temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.74787° or 32° 44′ 52″ northLongitude
129.8839° or 129° 53′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8Q4FPVXM+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 3828906063OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q93616
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Russian—“Kofukuji Temple” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kōfuku-ji”
- Chinese: “興福寺”
- Chinese: “長崎東明山興福寺”
- Dutch: “Kōfuku-ji”
- French: “Kōfuku-ji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Kōfuku-ji”
- Japanese: “興福寺”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kōfuku-ji”
- Russian: “Кофукудзи”
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