| 1．Sennyo-ji ・ |
| Sennyo-ji (千如寺) is a Shingon temple in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Sennyo-ji Daihiō-in (千如寺大悲王院). It is also referred to as Raizan Kannon (雷山観音). According to the legend, Sennyo-ji was founded in the Nara period by Seiga, who came from India as a priest during the period.[1] |
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| 2．Kōshū-ji (Fukuoka) ・2-22-11, Terazuka, Minami-ku, FukuokaFukuoka Prefecture 815-0074 ・Sōtō |
| Kōshū-ji (興宗寺), also pronounced as Kōsō-ji, is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. The temple stands under the cavern of Takamiya where the old tombs existed.[1] |
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| 3．Shōkaku-ji (Fukuoka) ・ |
| Shōkaku-ji (正覚寺) is a Rinzai temple in Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Higashiaburayama (東油山). It is also known as Aburayama Kannon (油山観音). Shōkaku-ji was founded during the Nara period by Seiga, a priest who came from India. He established a Buddhist hermitage and discovered white camellias on the mountain. He harvested them and created a pair of Bodhisattva Kannon statues, enshrining one in this temple. It is believed that the first process of extracting kerosene in Japan was by squeezing oil from camellia seeds. Both the name of Mount Abura and the temple have origins related to this process. Originally, it was named Senpuku-ji (泉福寺). |
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| 4．Jōten-ji ・ |
| Jōten-ji (承天寺) is a Rinzai temple in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Banshōsan (萬松山). It was founded by Enni-Ben'en with support from Xie Guo Ming, a Chinese merchant. Construction was completed in 1242. |
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| 5．Shōfuku-ji (Fukuoka) ・ |
| Shōfuku-ji (聖福寺) is a Rinzai temple in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Ankokuzan (安国山). It was founded by Eisai with support from Minamoto no Yoritomo, and construction was completed in 1195, making it the oldest Zen temple in Japan. 33°35′51″N 130°24′52″E / 33.59750°N 130.41444°E / 33.59750; 130.41444 |
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| 6．Sōfuku-ji (Fukuoka) ・4-Chōme-7-79 Chiyo, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture ・Daitoku-ji Rinzai |
| Sōfuku-ji (崇福寺) is a Rinzai temple in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Yokodakezan (横岳山). The temple was founded by the monk Tan'e (湛慧) in Dazaifu in 1240, but was moved to its present location in 1600 after it became the Kuroda family temple. |
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| 7．Tōchō-ji ・ |
| Tōchō-ji (東長寺) is a Shingon temple in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Nangakuzan (南岳山). It was founded by Kūkai in 806, making it the oldest Shingon temple on the island of Kyushu. |
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| 8．Naritasan Kurume Bunin ・1386-22 Kamitsu-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka prefecture ・Shingon |
| Naritasan Kurume Bunin (成田山久留米分院) or Kurume Narita-san (久留米成田山) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a direct branch of Narita-san Shinshō-ji in Narita, Chiba Prefecture. |
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| 9．Bairin-ji (Kurume) ・Kyo-machi 209, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka-ken 830-0028 ・Buddhism |
| Bairin-ji (梅林寺) is a Rinzai temple in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Kōnanzan (江南山). It is known as a representative training dojo temple of the Myōshin-ji school.[1] |
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| 10．Nyoirin-ji (Ogori) ・1728 Yokoguma, Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture ・Shingon |
| Nyoirin-ji (如意輪寺) is a Shingon temple in Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The temple, which is famed for its frog figurines, is commonly referred to as Kaeru-dera (カエル寺, frog temple), while the formal name is Seieizan Nyoirin-ji (清影山如意輪寺).[1] |
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| 11．Kaidan-in ・ |
| Kaidan-in (戒壇院) is a Rinzai temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Ganjin in 761. Together with Tōdai-ji in Nara and Yakushi-ji in Tochigi Prefecture, it was one of Japan's three official ordination halls during the Nara period. Kaidan-in was first built in 761; the present hall dates to the 17th century. Originally part of Kanzeon-ji, it later came to be administered separately. |
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| 12．Kanzeon-ji ・ |
| Kanzeon-ji (観世音寺) is a seventh-century Buddhist temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was once the most important temple in Kyushu. Its bell, one of the oldest in the country, has been designated a National Treasure,[1] and in 1996 the Ministry of the Environment designated its sound as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.[2][3] Many statues of the Heian period are Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 13．Kōmyōzen-ji ・ |
| Kōmyōzen-ji (光明禅寺) is a Zen temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Tetsugyū Enshin of the Tōfuku-ji Rinzai school in 1273. Kōmyōzen-ji is celebrated for its karesansui garden, the only example in Kyushu.[1][2] (in Japanese) Kōmyōzen-ji homepage (photographs) 33°31′06″N 130°32′03″E / 33.5183806°N 130.534175°E / 33.5183806; 130.534175 |
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| 14．Kiyomizu-dera (Miyama, Fukuoka) ・Miyama, Fukuoka, Japan ・Tendai |
| Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) is a Tendai temple in Miyama, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Motoyoshizan (本吉山). According to legend, Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the Heian period by Saichō, who went to China in 804 and 805, mastered Tendai Buddhism, and returned to Japan in 806. After he returned to Japan, he was guided to Mount Kiyomizu by a bird and found nemu trees in the mountain. He cropped them and created a pair of Bodhisattva Kannon statues, enshrining one in Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. The remaining Buddha is enshrined in this temple. |
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| 15．Nanzo-in ・1035, Sasaguri, Sasaguri-machi, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka ・Shingon |
| Nanzo-in (南蔵院?) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, Japan. It is notable for its bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, said to be the largest bronze statue in the world. |
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| 16．Fukugon-ji (Yanagawa) ・32-1 Ōshūmachi, Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture ・Zen |
| Fukugon-ji (福厳寺) is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Baigakuzan (梅岳山). The temple was originally located in Shingū and called Tachibanazan Baigaku-ji (立花山梅岳寺), a Sōtō temple. In 1587, however, Tachibana Muneshige who was granted the three districts of Chikugo Province, Yamato, Shimotsuma and Mizuma and built a castle in Yanagawa, started to move to the present location.[1] |
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