Tōji-eki
Tōji-eki is a railway station in Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto. Tōji-eki is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple East Temple, as well as near the railway station Kyōto Station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Toji and East Temple.
Toji
Railway stop
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Tōji Station is a passenger railway station located in Minami-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It is operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.It is station number B02.
East Temple
Buddhist temple
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Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. East Temple is situated 470 metres west of Tōji-eki.
Kyōto Station
Railway station
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Kyōto Station is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof. Kyōto Station is situated 1 km northeast of Tōji-eki.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogyō-ku and Central Kyoto.
Shimogyō-ku
Suburb
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Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku.
Central Kyoto
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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
South Kyoto
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Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.
Tōji-eki
- Type: Railway station
- Also known as: “Toji-eki”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.97998° or 34° 58′ 48″ northLongitude
135.7526° or 135° 45′ 9″ eastElevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8Q6QXQH3+X2GeoNames ID
7560864
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In Other Languages
“Tōji-eki” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “とうじえき”
- Japanese: “東寺駅”
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