Tōchō-ji is a Shingon temple in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. It was founded by Kūkai in 806, making it the oldest Shingon temple in Kyushu. According to tradition, Kūkai or Kobo-daishi set up this temple when he came back from China and prayed for the eastward dissemination of Tantric Buddhism. It was originally situated at the seaside area. After it burned down at the end of the 16th century it was relocated to the present site by Kuroda Tadayuki, the second lord of Chikuzen province. The second, the third, and the eighth lord of the Kuroda family are buried here.

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