 He walked around the entire island twice in order to collect donations to build a temple.In 1915, the first temple, a small thatched structure was built a few hundred yards above and to the north of the present site.It was named "Hakuhozan Daifukuji" ("Temple of Great Happiness on White Mountain Peak") by the Zen abbots of Sōtō temples Eihei-ji and Sōji-ji in Japan.