Comments on: The oldest city in Japan http://tonymcnicol.com/2009/10/31/the-oldest-city-in-japan/ Tokyo photojournalist Mon, 14 May 2012 10:24:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tony http://tonymcnicol.com/2009/10/31/the-oldest-city-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-952 tony Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:57:27 +0000 http://tonymcnicol.com/?p=2392#comment-952 Well, I don't know the answer to that one. I got my info from the temple itself. Fukuoka certainly isn't remote Kyushu though, so Hoonji must be somewhere else. Well, I don’t know the answer to that one. I got my info from the temple itself. Fukuoka certainly isn’t remote Kyushu though, so Hoonji must be somewhere else.

]]> By: Duncan http://tonymcnicol.com/2009/10/31/the-oldest-city-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Duncan Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:48:45 +0000 http://tonymcnicol.com/?p=2392#comment-951 Great photos of a fun city! Quick question: I'm a Kyotoite and we have a temple here called Kenninji that the locals refer to as the oldest Zen temple in Japan, founded in 1202. I wonder which one is older, Shofukuji or Kenninji? To confuse matters still further, wikipedia (not always correct, but there you go) states: After his certification as a Zen teacher, Eisai returned to Japan in 1191, bringing with him Zen scriptures and tea seeds. He immediately founded the Hoonji Temple in remote Kyūshū, Japan's first Zen temple. Maybe Hoonji is the old name for Shofukuji? Great photos of a fun city!

Quick question: I’m a Kyotoite and we have a temple here called Kenninji that the locals refer to as the oldest Zen temple in Japan, founded in 1202. I wonder which one is older, Shofukuji or Kenninji?

To confuse matters still further, wikipedia (not always correct, but there you go) states:

After his certification as a Zen teacher, Eisai returned to Japan in 1191, bringing with him Zen scriptures and tea seeds. He immediately founded the Hoonji Temple in remote Kyūshū, Japan’s first Zen temple.

Maybe Hoonji is the old name for Shofukuji?

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