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, and construction was completed in 1242.

Main Hall

Monument to the introduction of udon and soba
The Stone Monument commemorating the birth of Udon and Soba

The founding priest of the temple, Enni-Ben'en went to China in 1235, mastered Zen Buddhism through a great hardship and came back to Japan in 1241. Besides the teachings of Buddhism, he brought back to Japan a variety of cultural features from China. The production methods of udon, soba, yokan and manjū are especially famous among them.

Hakata Sennen Gate
Hakata Sennen Gate
Jōtenji-dori Avenue

The Hakata Sennen Gate (Hakata-sennen-no-mon (博多千年門)), the new symbol of the Hakata area, was completed at the entrance of Jōtenji-dori Avenue on March 28, 2014. It is a wooden four-legged gate with a tile roof, and was modeled on Tsuji-no-dōkuchi-mon (辻堂口門), the gateway of Hakata which appears in ancient documents. Height and length are each approximately 8 metres. It was named in the hope of prosperity for a thousand years in the future of the city of Hakata.[1]

References
  1. 博多の新シンボル完成　「千年門」１０００人通り初め Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine by Nishinippon Shimbun, March 28, 2014(in Japanese)

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