Ranked Third of the Five Kamakura Mountain Temples,
Jufukuji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Temple.
Founded in 1200
by Hojo Masako, who was the widow of
Yoritomo, the Founder of the Kamakura Shogunate.
The first Abbot was Eisai,
who introduced Zen Buddhism to Japan from China.
It is rarely open to the public except its beautiful front entrance and gates and some parts of its cemetery located in the back of the temple grounds. However, you can get a glimpse of the Hojo (main hall) as well as a very old tree which is a Kamakura natural treasure. There are also yagura (burial caves), reputed to contain the remains of Masako and her son).
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