Gokurakuji Station
Gokurakuji Station is a commuter railway station on the Enoshima Electric Railway located in the Gokurakuji neighborhood of the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Gokurakuji”, “Gokurakuji Eki”, and “Gokurakuji-eki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gokuraku-ji and Joju-in Temple.
Gokuraku-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Σ64, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gokuraku-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1259 by Ninshō and has been restored and rebuilt many times since then. Gokuraku-ji is situated 100 metres north of Gokurakuji Station.
Joju-in Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Joju-in Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 280 metres east of Gokurakuji Station.
Hase-dera temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hase-dera, commonly called the Hase-kannon, is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon, an eleven-headed manifestation of the Bodhisattva Kannon. Hase-dera temple is situated 540 metres northeast of Gokurakuji Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.
Kamakura
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kamakura is a small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan. It is a very popular destination among Tokyoites for its beaches, lively center and many temples. It is the perfect place to take a day off from Tokyo's stress.
Yamanouchi
Neighborhood
Shōnan
Locality
Photo: Quercus acuta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shōnan is the name of a region along the coast of Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan. Centered on Sagami River, about 60 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shōnan region stretches from Ninomiya in the west to Fujisawa in the east, including Ōiso, Hiratsuka, and Chigasaki. Shōnan is situated 4 km west of Gokurakuji Station.
Gokurakuji Station
- Categories: railway station above ground, unmanned station, station, and transportation
- Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.30921° or 35° 18′ 33″ northLongitude
139.52867° or 139° 31′ 43″ eastElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Operator
江ノ島電鉄Open location code
8Q7X8G5H+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 8063948630OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Gokurakuji Station” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဂေါ့ခုရခုဂျိဘူတာ”
- Chinese: “极乐寺站”
- Chinese: “極樂寺”
- Chinese: “極樂寺站”
- Chinese: “極樂寺車站”
- French: “Gokurakuji”
- German: “Bahnhof Gokurakuji”
- Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת גוקוראקוג’י”
- Japanese: “EN11”
- Japanese: “Gokurakuji”
- Japanese: “ごくらくじ”
- Japanese: “ごくらくじえき”
- Japanese: “ゴクラクジエキ”
- Japanese: “極楽寺”
- Japanese: “極楽寺駅”
- Korean: “고쿠라쿠지”
- Korean: “고쿠라쿠지역”
- Ukrainian: “Ґокуракуджі”
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