What is Xu Fu's role in Japan?

Xu Fu, won the surname Xu. That's Xu, the word, from Langya County. He is knowledgeable, familiar with medicine, astronomy, navigation and other knowledge, and sympathetic to the people and ready to help others, so he enjoys a high reputation among the people in coastal areas.

Xu Fu is a close disciple of Mr. Guiguzi. Learn to explore the valley, qigong, cultivate immortals, and also know martial arts. When he came out of the mountain, it was the Reese era before and after Qin Shihuang ascended the throne. Later, Qin Shihuang was sent to the sea to collect fairy medicine and never came back. In order to commemorate this kind doctor, the villagers changed the village where he was born to "Xufu Village" and built a "Xufu Temple" in the north of the village.

There are many shrines, temples and tombs dedicated to Xu Fu in Shinmiya City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. On the steep cliff of the main waterfall in Jeju Island, the inscription "Chen Qi Xu moved to the king" is engraved, which seems to be an ancient seal.

Xu Fudong went to seek immortality and is said to have become the first Japanese emperor: Emperor Jimmu. Nowadays, Japanese worship in temples all over the world. Many Japanese even publicly claim that they are descendants of Xu Fu, and leave the genealogy of the Xu family for reading.