Jōten-ji founder Enni (hosted on YouTube) part II Ceremony for Jōten-ji founder Enni (hosted on YouTube) part III A short (30 sec) slideshow of Jōten-ji...

Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1241. Upon returning from China, he built Joten-ji, a temple of the Rinzai sect in Hakata. He then gave a manjū recipe to...

are many temples with long histories including Tōchō-ji, Hakozaki Shrine, Kashii shrine, and Jōten-ji. The Buddhist Nanzoin temple is located in Sasaguri...

were mostly temples and shrines in Kyoto, such as Tōfuku-ji temple, and in Hakata, such as Jōten-ji Temple. The ship’s characteristics can be summarized as:...

buckwheat noodles (soba-kiri) comes from a record of 1574, kept at Jōshō-ji temple, which documents that soba-kiri was served to workers repairing the...

Kanjizai-ji Eihei-ji Nanzoin Shōfuku-ji Jōten-ji Enichi-ji Eihō-ji Shōgen-ji Shōhō-ji Ankoku-ji Buttsū-ji Myōō-in Antai-ji Chōkō-ji Engyō-ji Hōrin-ji Hōun-ji Ichijō-ji...

him. When he returned to Japan, after founding Jōten-ji temple in Hakata (Fukuoka), he founded Tōfuku-ji monastery in Kyoto, and practiced Zen as well...

Eisai founded Shōfuku-ji which is known today as the oldest zen temple in Japan, monk Kukai established Tocho-ji, and Joten-ji was built by Enni who is...

of the festival is believed to date back to 1241, when the founder of Joten-ji temple, monk Enni had people carry him around the town on a float, while...

under the monk Wuzhun Shifan and who founded Jōten-ji temple in Hakata upon his return to his homeland. Tōfuku-ji temple burned down but was rebuilt in the...