Tochoji Temple

Tochoji Temple is located in Hakata District, Fukuoka. It is the main temple of the Kyushu Sect of Shingon Sect. The mountain name is Nanyue Mountain, and the Zhengzun is Kobo Daishi. It is a historical site designated by Fukuoka City. According to legend, in the first year of Datong (806), Master Kobo built the Tochoji Temple after returning from his studies in the Tang Dynasty. The temple built by Kobo Daishi is relatively old in Japan. It was originally located by the sea, and Kuroda Tadayuki moved it to the current place. The cemetery in the temple houses Tadashi Kuroda, Mitsuyuki Kuroda, the third-generation lord, and Jitaka Kuroda, the eighth-generation lord, who became the family temple of the Kuroda family. On the 28th of the first lunar month, the "Chufu", the "Jieshukai" in February, and the "Zhengyuying Offering" in March, many people come to ask for worship. The Thousand-handed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva preserved in the temple is a work of the Heian period. It was carved from a single Arhat pine tree. Although it is only 87 cm high, it is full of historical weight and was designated as a national treasure in the Meiji period. Rokkakudo is a Buddhist hall that is outstanding in terms of form and function, and is a building designated by Fukuoka City. In the 13th year of Tenpo (1842), he lived in Hakata's Bungoya Eizo (Manzai Lou Souhiko) and raised funds from merchants in the west of Nagoya to recruit Ito Heizaemon, a Nagoya master craftsman, to build the almsgiving. On the hexagonal kitchen door in the middle, there are still paintings and calligraphy drawn by literati and writers at that time. The sculpture of the Great Buddha of Fukuoka began in Showa 63 (1988), and it was finally completed after four years. It is 10.8 meters high and weighs 30 tons. There are 7 or 13 Buddha statues carved on the 16.1-meter-high light back, and 5,000 small Buddha statues are also enshrined on the back wall. Next to it is the Treasure Exhibition Hall.