Eihei-ji
Eihei-ji is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan. The other is Sōji-ji in Yokohama.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Opening hours:
8:30 AM—4:30 PM
January 1st: closed - Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Eihei-ji Temple”, “Eiheiji”, and “Eiheiji-temple”
- Address: 15, 永平寺町, 福井県 910-1228
Photo: G41rn8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Daibutsuji San and Eiheiji Dam.
Eiheiji Dam
Dam
Photo: 紫煙, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eiheiji Dam is a gravity dam located in Fukui Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 3.1 km2. Eiheiji Dam is situated 1 km southeast of Eihei-ji.
Domeki Station
Railway station
Domeki Station is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line train station located in the town of Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Domeki Station is situated 3½ km north of Eihei-ji.
Eihei-ji
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Eiheiji, Yoshida district, Fukui, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.05569° or 36° 3′ 21″ northLongitude
136.35607° or 136° 21′ 22″ eastElevation
222 metres (728 feet)Inception
1244Open location code
8Q8R3944+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 685100415OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipGeoNames ID
6697531Wikidata ID
Q1303633
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Eihei-ji” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eihei-ji”
- Chinese: “吉祥山”
- Chinese: “永平寺”
- Dutch: “Eihei-ji”
- Esperanto: “Eiheiji”
- French: “Eihei-ji”
- French: “temple de la paix éternelle”
- French: “temple Eihei”
- French: “Temple Eihei”
- German: “Daibutsu-ji”
- German: “Daibutsuji”
- German: “Eihei-ji”
- German: “Eihei-Ji”
- German: “Eiheiji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Eihei-ji”
- Italian: “Eihei-ji”
- Japanese: “Eihei-ji”
- Japanese: “えいへいじ”
- Japanese: “吉祥山”
- Japanese: “永平寺”
- Persian: “ایهی-جی”
- Polish: “Eihei-ji”
- Polish: “Eiheiji”
- Portuguese: “Eihei ji”
- Portuguese: “Eihei-ji”
- Portuguese: “Eiheiji”
- Russian: “Эйхэй-дзи”
- Russian: “Эйхэйдзи”
- Slovenian: “Eihei-ji”
- Slovenian: “Ejhejdži”
- Spanish: “Eihei ji”
- Spanish: “Eihei-ji”
- Turkish: “Eihei-ji”
- Ukrainian: “Ейхейджі”
- Ukrainian: “Ейхейдзі”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Eihei”
- Vietnamese: “Vĩnh Bình tự”
- Welsh: “Eihei-ji”
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