Gate sights in Nagasaki Ken

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   Sōfuku-ji

   • Nagasaki, Japan
   • Sights › Gate

   An Ōbaku (the third-largest Zen sect after Rinzai and Sōtō) temple was built in 1629 by Chinese monk Chaonian. Its red entrance gate (Daiippo-mon) exemplifies Ming dynasty architecture. Inside the temple you can admire a huge cauldron that was used to prepare food for famine victims in 1681, and a statue of Maso, goddess of the sea, worshipped by early Chinese seafarers.

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