Jōten-ji

It was during a begging round around Jōtenji Temple that Ennie first handed down the recipe of the manjū to a tea house owner who was kind and considerate with him.

[1] For the 21st century explorers of Hakata and its Jōtenji-dori Avenue, on most days, a popular type of manjū in Kyushu decorated adequately with a figure absorbed in zen meditation, is sold in the close vicinity of Jōtenji temple: The stall is located next to the Hakata Sennen Gate on Jōtenji-dori Avenue and is operated by a zen priest associated with Jōtenji Temple.

The origin of the festival is believed to date back to 1241, when Enni, the founder of Jotenji temple had people carry him around the town on a float while praying against the plague and eventually getting successfully rid of it.

It is a wooden four-legged gate with a tile roof, and was modeled on Tsuji-no-dōkuchi-mon (辻堂口門), the gateway of Hakata which appears in ancient documents.

The main destination of the ship was Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto as a fire caused serious damage and materials for reconstruction as well as replacements for artifacts were needed.