The end of life comes equally to everyone.
What shall you think when that visits us?
Can you feel your life without any regrets?
To live a fulfilling life, to live just today,
to cherish this moment without regrets….,
this is the teaching of Zen:
Summary of KENKOHJI Zen Temple
■Denomination
SOTO-ZEN
■Head Temples
Fukui Eihei-ji Head Temple
Founder Master Dogen
Yokohama Soji-ji Head Temple (Japanese Page)
Founder Master Keizan
■Dedicate to
Śākyamuni (in:Pali) (Siddhārtha Gautama in Sanscrit)
■Foundation
Around 1560
■Founder
Daishuuchouyo osho invited from Ryuusanji
■Built by
5th Terao castellan Suwamikawanokami Umanosuke,
who was serving under the house of Hojo in Odawara
■Tradition
Dharma brought by Śākyamuni Buddha was conveyed to China by Bodhidharma, and bloomed as Zen. It was brought to Japan by Dogen Zenji as Soto Zen during Kamakura period. The dharma was propagated widely throughout Japan by Keizan Zenji.
■Dharma
People naturally hold dharma within the self. Zen practice is to appreciate and read the sutras (Buddha’s teaching), to simply practice zazen, to quest for truth within the self, to realize the self being unified with nature (universe), then to make the most of one’s vital life.
Biography of current Chief Priest
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Rt. Rev. DAIYUU Shunmyo (MASUNO Shunmyo)
18th Chief Priest of Kenkohji Zen Temple
Landscape architect/garden designer
Professor emeritus of Tama Art University
| Feb.28,1953 | born as first child of the 17th chief priest of Kenkohji Rev. Daikan Shinpo（MASUNO Shinpo） |
| April 1966 | ordained by the 17th chief priest of Kenkohji |
| March 1970 | received higher ordination from chief priest of Kenkohji |
| March 1979 | took the intense training novitiate at Sojiji Head Temple |
| July 1979 | obtained dharma transmission from the 17th chief priest of Kenkohji |
| June 1986 | appointed associate priest (curate) of Kenkohji |
| Dec. 2000 | appointed chief priest of Kenkohji |
| July 2022 | appointed “Daikyoshi (Great Teacher)” in Soto Zen |
| June 2024 | received “Juko” praised title in Soto Zen |
Awards:
Special Award of Merit, University of British Columbia, Canada
Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts, Japan
Minister of Foreign Affairs Award, Japan
Meritorious Service Medal from Canadian Government
Cross of the Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany
Chosen in 100 Japanese People the World Respects 2006, Newsweek Japanese Edition
ZEN Garden of Kenkohji Temple
“Sangharama” in Kenkohji Zen Temple
Access
BY PUBLIC TRANSIT
at KIKUNA STATION of “Tokyu Toyoko” Line / JR “Yokohama” Line
1）from East Exit Bus Stop: Rinko Bus Route 01 – 3 minutes on foot from bus stop “Higashi High School
Entrance”（Higashi Koukou Iriguchi）
2）from Tsunashima Kaido Bus Stop: Yokohama Municipal Bus Route 41 – 3minutes on foot from bus stop “Nishi Terao Kenkoji-mae”
at TSURUMI STATION of “JR Keihin Tohoku” Line
1）#4 Bus Stop: Yokohama Municipal Bus Route 41 – 3 minutes on foot from bus stop
“Nishi Terao Kenkoji-mae”
2）#5 Bus Stop: Rinko Bus Route 01 – 3 minutes on foot from Bus Stop
“Higashi High School Entrance”（Higashi Koukou Iriguchi）
Using a car navigation system,
please set it by the address “Baba 1-2-1, Tsurumi-ku” or keyword “Yokohama Shinkin Bank Baba Branch”.
■National Route #15 (“Daiichi-Keihin”): Approximately 10minutesr from “Iriebashi” crossing
■National Route #1 (“Daini-Keihin”): Approximately 5 minutes from “Aradachi” crossing
■Metropolitan Expressway Route #1 (“Yokohane” Line): Approximately 10 minutes from “Koyasu” IC
■Metropolitan Expressway Route #7 (“Yokohama Kita” Line/K7): Approximately 3 minutes from “Baba” IC
