Hojo

Hojo is a neighborhood in Daitō, Osaka. Hojo is situated nearby to the neighborhood Minamino, as well as near Nozaki.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iimoriyama Castle and Mt. Iimori.

Iimoriyama Castle

Castle

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Iimoriyama Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 315.9 meter mountain. It was the original base of power for the Miyoshi clan.

Mt. Iimori

Peak

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Mt. Iimori is a peak.

Jigen-Ji

Buddhist temple

Photo: Bakkai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jigen-ji, also known as Nozaki Kannon, is a temple located at the foot of Mt. Iimori, in Daitō, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is famous for the 11-faced statue of Kanzeon Bosatsu, or Kannon, that it enshrines.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ikoma and Tsurumi-ku.

Ikoma

Photo: 8-hachiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ikoma is a city at the northwestern end of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. It was founded on November 1, 1971. As of September 1, 2023, the city has an estimated population of 117,259, with 51,478 households.

Tsurumi-ku

Suburb

Photo: 皓月旗, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tsurumi is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is best known for its large parkland, Tsurumi-Ryokuchi, the site of the 1990 International Garden Exposition. Tsurumi-ku is situated 8 km west of Hojo.

Asahi-ku

Suburb

Photo: Bakkai, CC BY 3.0.

Asahi is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in the northeast of the city, near the satellite town of Moriguchi. It was split off from Higashinari in 1932. Asahi-ku is situated 10 km west of Hojo.

Hojo

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Daitō, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.72442° or 34° 43′ 28″ north

Longitude

135.65259° or 135° 39′ 9″ east

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

8Q6QPMF3+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8543212818

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

9286197

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Hojo” goes by many names.

Japanese: “Hōjō”
Japanese: “ほうじょう”
Japanese: “北条”

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Localities in the Area

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