Another Chinese temple in Nagasaki – Sofuku-JI temple is considered the most famous of the four so-called "monasteries of happiness." The year of its construction – 1629, founder was a monk from China Tenen, construction was also attended by Chinese immigrants from Fujian province. The temple was intended for the Chinese Diaspora Nagasaki, the number of which was so large that it accounted for 15 percent of the total population of the city.

The construction of monasteries of happiness" was conducted in the years of brutal persecution of Christianity. The authorities fully supported the distribution of two traditional religions, including Buddhism. These temples the Chinese Diaspora protested his innocence to the Christian creed. The temple belongs to the Buddhist school Obama.

Sofuku-JI temple was built in the tradition of Chinese architecture from the late period of the Ming dynasty. Temple gate Dipo-mon main hall and the Dayo Hogan, which houses a statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, were manufactured in China, disassembled and assembled again in Nagasaki. These two attractions are the national treasure of Japan. The temple stores 21 cultural value.

During the restoration of the statues of the Buddha in 1935 it was discovered an internal body of silver and cloth. In the temple also holds a statue of the goddess of the sea and protector of sailors matzo. Another attraction is the huge boiler, which was made by order of the priest of Kianga to make porridge and feeding the needy during the famine 1681. Daily in the pot boiled five thousand servings of this humble dish.

Every year from 26 to 28 July in the lunar calendar in the Church celebrate the O-Bon festival dedicated to the dead. At this time the Church held a memorial ceremony, attracting many Chinese living in Japan.