Wakasa Kokubun-ji

Wakasa Kokubun-ji - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple located in the city of Obama, Fukui, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). Due to this connection, the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1976. It is located about 20 minutes on foot from Higashi-Obama Station on the JR West Obama Line. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: c.741

Source: en.wikipedia.org