Sōfuku-ji
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Sōfuku-ji (崇福寺?) is an Ōbaku Zen temple that was built by a Chinese priest in 1629 as the family temple of the Chinese from Fujian Province who settled in Nagasaki. Two of its buildings have been designated as national treasures. The Chinese Bon Festival is held here from July 26 to 28 (by lunar calendar), with Chinese coming from all over Japan to participate in the ritual for the dead. The goddess of the sea, Bosa, is enshrined at the temple, along with other life-sized statues in the main hall. In the temple grounds is a large cauldron installed 300 years ago and used to cook rice for many destitute people suffering from the effects of a severe famine.
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