Admission
- Adult (18+)¥300
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
At a Glance
Sofuku-ji was founded in 1629 as an Ōbaku Zen temple for Nagasaki's Chinese community.
The temple's entrance gate was originally built for a different temple in China in 1644, then disassembled, shipped to Japan, and reconstructed here in 1695.
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2 structures on the grounds
Fascinating facts about this place
Sofuku-ji was founded in 1629 as an Ōbaku Zen temple for Nagasaki's Chinese community.
The temple's entrance gate was originally built for a different temple in China in 1644, then disassembled, shipped to Japan, and reconstructed here in 1695.
A massive cauldron still sits in the temple grounds, made by resident priest Qianhai in 1681 to cook gruel for starving people during a famine.
Maso, the Chinese goddess of the sea, is enshrined here in life-sized statues. Her worship never caught on widely in Japan despite being popular with Chinese mariners trading into Nagasaki.
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