Arusa PisuthipanThe largest city on Kyushu island and the sixth largest in Japan, Fukuoka is definitely worth visiting. Surprisingly, Fukuoka is the city with the second highest number of temples and shrines, after Kyoto in Japan. From 1274 to 1281, the city was involved in warfare when the Mongols led by Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan. Fukuoka is a small city with an area of around 340km² (it's a quarter the size of Bangkok, which is around 1,500km²). Arusa PisuthipanShofukuji Temple is the first Zen temple in Japan established by high-ranking priest Eisai in 1195, who brought Zen Buddhism from China to Japan.

Source: Bangkok Post November 08, 2017 23:37 UTC