| 1．Gokoku-ji (Okinawa) ・1-25-5 Wakasa, Naha, Okinawa ・Zen Buddhism |
| Gokoku-ji (護国寺, "Protection of the Nation Temple") is a Zen Buddhist temple in Naha, Okinawa. Established in 1367, the temple served as a major national temple for the Okinawan kingdom of Chūzan and the unified Ryūkyū Kingdom which would follow. It is well known for its associations with Christian missionary Bernard Jean Bettelheim and with the 1853-1854 visits by Commodore Matthew Perry to Okinawa. |
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| 2．Sōgen-ji ・Tomari 1-chōme, Naha, Okinawa prefecture ・Rinzai Zen |
| Sōgen-ji (崇元寺) was a Buddhist temple and royal mausoleum of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa. It was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526), and destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa. In 1496, memorial tablets representing the kings of the Ryūkyū Kingdom were installed in the temple, establishing it as a royal mausoleum. Anyone entering the temple grounds, including the king himself, had to dismount and enter the temple on foot out of respect for the prior sovereigns. The temple grounds were expanded at this time as well, with the construction of the massive stone gates and walls which remain today.[1] Though these royal memorial tablets continued to be enshrined in the Sōgen-ji for many centuries, beginning in 1521, the actual royal remains were entombed in the Tamaudun mausoleum completed that year a short distance from Shuri Castle. |
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| 3．Enkaku-ji (Okinawa) ・Shuri Tōnokura 2-1, Naha, Okinawa prefecture ・Rinzai Zen |
| Enkaku-ji (円覚寺, Okinawan: ウフティラ ufutira, lit. "the great temple"[1]) was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal bodaiji of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, in Naha, Okinawa. The temple was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526), the first abbot being Kaiin Shōko (芥隠承琥). It was also used as bodaiji of Ryukyuan kings. Ryukyuan kings would visit Enkaku-ji, Tennō-ji and Tenkai-ji after their genpuku and investiture.[2] |
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| 4．Shōfuku-ji (Higashimurayama) ・Higashimurayama, Tokyo ・Rinzai school (Kencho-ji branch) |
| Shōfuku-ji (正福寺, lit. Temple of the Correct Fortune) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan. Its early 15th century Jizō hall is a registered National Treasure of Japan. It is considered to be the oldest intact building in Tokyo Prefecture and a unique example of Kamakura period architecture. |
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