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During the [[Bakumatsu period]], due to its proximity to the landing point chosen by most European vessels, Seigen-ji was used as a site for formal meetings between royal representatives and the captains or crews of those ships. A group of Frenchmen stayed at Seigen-ji for four years beginning in [[1844]], and when the American [[Commodore Perry]] arrived in [[1853]], he established a small coaling station near the temple, along with storage for food and ammunition.
During the [[Bakumatsu period]], due to its proximity to the landing point chosen by most European vessels, Seigen-ji was used as a site for formal meetings between royal representatives and the captains or crews of those ships. A group of Frenchmen stayed at Seigen-ji for four years beginning in [[1844]], and when the American [[Commodore Perry]] arrived in [[1853]], he established a small coaling station near the temple, along with storage for food and ammunition.
Some 27 Dutchmen, crew of a vessel which was shipwrecked at [[Miyakojima]], were granted lodgings at Seigen-ji for a time in [[1857]].<ref> Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 363.</ref>
The temple was destroyed in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, but was reconstructed in 1958.
The temple was destroyed in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, but was reconstructed in 1958.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41855-storytopic-121.html Seigen-ji]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41855-storytopic-121.html Seigen-ji]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*Plaques at Tomari Port.
*Plaques at Tomari Port.
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