Yokohama Nishi Ward

Description

The records show this temple was founded by Genshin Houin in Kangen 1 (1243) during the mid-Kamakura period.
This temple is famous for having been permitted to use the crest of mallows (the crest of the shogunate), since the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa provided land during the Edo period.
The gate was painted red during the Edo period as a proof the temple is connected to the shogunate, from which the current name of the town, Akamon-cho (“red gate town”), is derived.
Since founding, this temple has burnt down seven times, and the current buildings have been rebuilt by Showa 36 (1961).
Upon entering the red gate, the Yama hall is located to the front, and the main hall to the right. In the graveyard at the back, there remains a tomb of Okura, the hostess of the restaurant Fukirou who had relations with political and financial juggernauts such as Hirobumi Ito, as well as a large stone water bowl donated by the primary temple.
Tofukuji, having survived many disastrous fires, presents solemn dignity.