Fukusai-ji
Fukusai-ji (福済寺) is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Bunshizan (分紫山). Founded in 1628 and later destroyed in 1945, Fukusai-ji has since been reconstructed in the shape of a turtle with an 18-metre high aluminium alloy statue of Kannon, the Bodhisattva of compassion. The interior is famous for the 25-metre Foucault Pendulum which swings over the remains of 16,500 Japanese killed during World War II.
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| Fukusai-ji 福済寺 | |
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 Kannon riding atop a spirit turtle | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Ōbaku |
| Location | |
| Location | 2-56 Chikugomachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Geographic coordinates | 32°45′13″N 129°52′29″E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Kakukai (Juehai) |
| Completed | 1628 |
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