In Japan, there are two temples called Kofuku-ji - one of them is located in Nara, the second - in Nagasaki. The temple is located in Nagasaki, it is one of the "Monastery of happiness" with Fukusay-ji Sofuku-ji and Sёfuku-ji. All of them were built by Chinese monks in the first half of XVII century.

Kofuku-ji Temple was built in 1624 and is the oldest Buddhist monastery of those that were built by representatives of the Chinese diaspora Nagasaki. Owned by the Buddhist school of Zen Obaku flow.

Port Nagasaki for a long time remained the only maritime "gateway" in Japan, which were open to foreign vessels. Most of the traders arrived, including from neighboring China. In 1620, they turned to the mayor of Nagasaki with a petition on the construction of a small monastery in which the citizens of China could appeal to the gods with prayers and requests for protection in dangerous voyages. While the Japanese authorities have already begun the persecution of Christians and became particularly encourage the construction of temples and shrines. Therefore, Chinese traders were allowed to prove his innocence and to Christianity.

Special influence Kofuku-ji monastery acquired in 1654, when the rector was the Zen master Ingen, who arrived from China. Above the entrance to the temple hangs a plaque with lacquered hieroglyphics, written in his hand.

The monastery is located in an area called Teramati - Temple series or Temple City, where there are many temples Nagasaki. The temple complex was built in the style of the Chinese Ming Dynasty, it features a variety of architectural details and the special color of the walls, called "Chinese red".

The main building of the temple - Dayo Honden was built in 1632, but today visitors see it after three reconstructions, the last of which took place in 1883. The altar of the church there is a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha and deities Kannon and Jizo. To the left of the main building is Maso-up - of the goddess Madzu room (or Matsu), patron saint of sailors. The Maso-up sailors left in temporary storage, portable altars, who took with him to swim. Maso building-up in the reconstruction of 1670 - the oldest in the temple complex.

Kofuku-ji has not suffered from a nuclear explosion in 1945, but almost left without a congregation after the Second World War, as many Chinese have left Japan.