Higashiyama

Some of the most picturesque parts of are located in Higashiyama, the eastern region of the city, across the Kamo River. Visiting the main tourist attractions of eastern Kyoto will fill a full day - a suggested itinerary is to work north from Kiyomizu-dera to Ginkakuji, passing through Gion, and visiting Yasaka Shrine and Nanzenji before following the Philosopher's Walk to Ginkakuji.
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  • Type: Suburb with 39,000 residents
  • Description: ward of Kyoto
  • Also known as: “Higashiyama District”, “Higashiyama Ward”, “Higashiyama-ku”, and “Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Kyoto National Museum.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple located in eastern , . It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon.

Museum
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The is one of the major art museums in . Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and art.

Shinto shrine
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, once called Gion Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the District of , . Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri, the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogyō-ku.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate . and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Higashiyama

Latitude
34.99709° or 34° 59′ 50″ north
Longitude
135.77646° or 135° 46′ 35″ east
Population
39,000
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Inception
April 1st, 1929
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1862708
Wiki­data ID
Q1203862
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Higashiyama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيغاشياما-كو”
  • Armenian: “Հիգասիյամա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hiqaşiyama rayonu”
  • Basque: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Bulgarian: “Хигашияма”
  • Burmese: “ဟိဂရှိယမရပ်ကွက်၊ ကျိုတို”
  • Burmese: “ဟိဂရှိယာမရပ်ကွက်၊ ကျိုတို”
  • Catalan: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Catalan: “Higashiyama”
  • Cebuano: “Higashiyama Ku”
  • Chinese: “Higasiyama Khu”
  • Chinese: “东山区”
  • Chinese: “六原”
  • Chinese: “六波羅”
  • Chinese: “東山區”
  • Czech: “Higašijama-ku”
  • Danish: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Higashiyama”
  • Dutch: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Higaŝijama”
  • Finnish: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement de Higashiyama”
  • French: “arrondissement de la montagne de l’est”
  • French: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • French: “Higashiyama”
  • Galician: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • German: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • German: “Higashiyama”
  • Greek: “Χιγκασιγιάμα”
  • Hungarian: “Higasijama-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto”
  • Indonesian: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Irish: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Italian: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Italian: “Higashiyama”
  • Japanese: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Japanese: “ひがしやまく”
  • Japanese: “ヒガシヤマク”
  • Japanese: “京都市東山区”
  • Japanese: “東山区”
  • Korean: “히가시야마 구”
  • Korean: “히가시야마구”
  • Latin: “Higashiyama”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Higasiyama Khu (Kiaⁿ-to͘)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Higashiyama-ku i Kyoto”
  • Persian: “هیگاشی‌یاما، کیوتو”
  • Persian: “هیگاشی‌یاما”
  • Polish: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Portuguese: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Romanian: “Higashiyama, Kyoto”
  • Romanian: “Higashiyama”
  • Russian: “Хигасияма”
  • Sanskrit: “हिगाशियामा”
  • Slovenian: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Higašijama”
  • Spanish: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Swedish: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Tagalog: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตฮิงาชิยามะ”
  • Turkish: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Turkish: “Higashiyama”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Хіґасіяма”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Хіґашіяма”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіґасіяма”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіґашіяма”
  • Urdu: “ہیگاشیاما-کو، کیوٹو”
  • Venetian: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashiyama, Kyōto”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashiyama”
  • Western Frisian: “Higashiyama-ku”
  • Wu Chinese: “东山区”
  • Yue Chinese: “東山區”

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