Shuntoku-ji
📍 Nagasaki, Fufu-gawa-cho 11-1 · Nagasaki
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
9:00–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Available
Pre-written
Available
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
Shuntoku-ji is located in Fufu-gawa-cho, Nagasaki City, a temple with auspicious fortune in its name bearing the virtue of spring. As the place name Fufu-gawa suggests, it stands on land deeply connected to marital harmony and household peace. As the character for spring indicates, it is a temple that brings new beginnings and hope, and many people visit at life's turning points. This temple teaches the importance of accumulating virtue and enriches the hearts of worshippers, from small daily good deeds to great merit.
Benefits
marital harmonyfamily safetygood fortune and prosperityfulfillment of wishesmatchmakingfertility blessingswarding off misfortune