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The funerary temples of the Ryukyu royal house. They were lost in the Battle of Okinawa, and the Hojo bridge and other remains survive.
About this place
Enkaku-ji (円覚寺; Okinawan: ウフティラ ufutira, lit. "the great temple") was a Buddhist temple located in the Shuritonokuracho neighborhood of the city of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It belonged to the Rinzai school sect of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a Shaka Sanzon trinity of Shaka Nyorai, Monju Bosatsu and Fugen Bosaatsu. The temple's full name is Tentoku-san Enkaku-ji (Okinawan: 天徳山 円覚寺). It was the bodaiji of the kings of Second Shō dynasty of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. The site of the temple was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.
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Founded：1494 Designation：Historic Site Blessings：Rebirth
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