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Tofukuji

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Japanese name: 東福寺

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Known for the autumn colour seen from the Tsutenkyo bridge. Its Sanmon gate is the oldest surviving Zen gate and a National Treasure.

WHEREKyoto

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Known for the autumn colour seen from the Tsutenkyo bridge. Its Sanmon gate is the oldest surviving Zen gate and a National Treasure.

About this place

Tōfuku-ji (東福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san (慧日山).

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Founded：1236 Designation：National Treasure Blessings：Warding off evil

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