Yasaka Shrine
Yasaka Shrine, once called Gion Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri, the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as: “Yasaka-jinja”, “祇園感神院”, “祇園社”, and “祇園神社”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Noh Stage and Main Shrine.
Maruyama Park
Park
Photo: Yanajin33, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maruyama Park is a park in Kyoto, Japan. It is noted as the main center for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto, and can get extremely crowded at that time of year.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
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Nakagyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people. Nakagyō-ku is situated 2½ km west of Yasaka Shrine.
Yasaka Shrine
- Categories: Yasaka shrine, kokushi genzaisha, Beppyo Shrine, Gion shrine, place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.00349° or 35° 0′ 13″ northLongitude
135.77839° or 135° 46′ 42″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
8Q7Q2Q3H+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 328903218OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Yasaka Shrine” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ယဆကနတ်ကျောင်း”
- Burmese: “ယဆခနတ်ကျောင်း”
- Catalan: “Santuari de Yasaka”
- Catalan: “Yasaka Jinja”
- Central Bikol: “Yasaka Shrine”
- Chinese: “八坂神社”
- Dutch: “Yasaka Shrine”
- Dutch: “Yasaka-schrijn”
- French: “Gion Kanshin-in”
- French: “Gion-jinja”
- French: “Gion-sha”
- French: “sanctuaire de Gion”
- French: “Sanctuaire de Yasaka-jinja”
- French: “sanctuaire de Yasaka”
- French: “Sanctuaire de Yasaka”
- French: “Yasaka-jinja”
- German: “Yasaka-Schrein”
- Greek: “Ιερό Γιασάκα”
- Hungarian: “Jaszaka-szentély”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Yasaka”
- Italian: “santuario di Yasaka”
- Italian: “Santuario di Yasaka”
- Japanese: “Yasaka-jinja”
- Japanese: “やさかじんじゃ”
- Japanese: “八坂神社”
- Korean: “아사카 신사”
- Korean: “야사카 신사”
- Persian: “معبد یاساکا”
- Polish: “Yasaka-jinja”
- Portuguese: “Santuário Yasaka”
- Russian: “Храм Ясака”
- Russian: “Ясака дзиндзя”
- Spanish: “Santuario Yasaka”
- Thai: “Yasaka Shire”
- Thai: “ศาลเจ้ายาซากะ”
- Turkish: “Yasaka Tapınağı”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Ясака”
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