Shōfuku-ji, Buddhist temple in Odawara, Japan

Shōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Odawara, Japan, with several traditional wooden buildings set on a quiet compound. At its center stands a Kannon image said to have come from Tang dynasty China, which serves as the main object of devotion.

Legend credits the priest Dōkyō with enshrining a Kannon image brought from Tang China by Jianzhen, later moved to this site in 830. The temple was renamed Shōfuku-ji in the Muromachi period and was supported by the Late Hōjō clan. The current main hall, a 5 x 4 bay building, was built in 1706 by Okubo Tadamasu, daimyō of Odawara Domain.

Shōfuku-ji is the fifth stop on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, a pilgrimage route that links 33 Buddhist temples across the Kantō region. Visitors today can watch pilgrims arriving with their stamp books, a practice that has continued for centuries.

The temple is a 25-minute walk from Kamonomiya Station on the JR East Tōkaidō Main Line. The grounds lie in the Iizumi neighborhood of Odawara, and the main hall, Niōmon gate and bell are spread across the compound, so allow time to walk between them.

The grounds hold a bronze bell cast in 1629, one of the few surviving metal objects of that age in the area. The bell is still rung during certain ceremonies, so visitors may hear it on the right day.