
Senko-ji Temple
In the year of Kenkyu 2 (1191), the temple is said to have been the first in Japan to join zazen by the Eisai Zen master of Rinzai (Rin Zaishu), who returned from Song. At that time, there is still a tea plantation called Fuchunen, who is said to have planted the seeds of tea brought back from Song. Down the path of the tea plantation, there is a zazen stone and the ruins of Tomichun-an, which are said to be joined by the Eiseizen master. The tea-making and tea-making method (how to drink matcha) of the Song Chozen-bashi (sokyozen-rin) carried by the Honsei Zen master was later widely established in Japan as a tea ceremony by Senrikyu [Sennorikyu], but this story is not well known.