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Kenchō-ji Temple

Kamakura, 🇯🇵 Japan

Kenchō-ji is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen… Read more…

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Kenchō-ji is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples and is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan. These temples were at the top of the Five Mountain System, a network of Zen temples started by the Hōjō Regents. Still very large, it originally had a full shichidō garan and 49 subtemples.The sangō is Kofukusan.

The temple was constructed on the orders of Emperor Go-Fukakusa and completed in 1253, fifth year of the Kenchō era, from which it takes its name. It was founded by Rankei Doryū, a Chinese Zen master who moved to Japan in 1246, spending some years in Kyushu and Kyoto before coming to Kamakura.

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Address Ofuna, Japan
Coordinates 35°19'55.852" N, 139°33'22.367" E
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
Kenchō-ji Temple
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
Riverside Hotel

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